§ 9 — Meanings of “convey”, “import” and “export” and associated terms

9. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“carrier” means any person who conveys objects or things, whether on the person’s own behalf or on behalf of another person, and excludes the driver of a vehicle, the master or pilot of a vessel or an aircraft or other individual operating or in control of a conveyance carrying the object or thing unless no other person is a carrier of that object or thing;

“convey” means carriage as a carrier on any conveyance (whether or not in the course of a business) for a journey wholly within Singapore and includes any operation incidental to the whole course of carriage, such as loading, unloading and storage in transit;

“conveyance” includes any aircraft, train, vehicle, vessel or other mode of transport of passengers or goods;

“export”, in relation to any object or thing, means to take or cause to be taken out of Singapore by any means and includes to place goods in any form of conveyance for the purpose of taking the goods out of Singapore to any place outside Singapore;

“import”, in relation to any object or thing, means to bring or cause to be brought into Singapore by any means from any place outside Singapore.