s 35 Interpretation of this Part
35. —(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires — “gain” means — ( a ) a gain in property or a supply of services (whether temporary or permanent); or ( b ) an opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration or to gain a financial advantage otherwise than by way of remuneration; “loss” means — ( a ) a loss of property or a supply of services (whether temporary or permanent); or ( b ) any deprivation of an opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration or an opportunity to gain a financial advantage otherwise than by way of remuneration; “public duty” means a function that is given to — ( a ) a public officer; ( b ) an employee or a member of a public authority, board or tribunal established by or under written law for the purposes of a public function; or ( c ) a contractor who exercises a function or performs work for the Government or public authority mentioned in paragraph ( b ), as such, and includes every person who is in actual possession of the situation of a person mentioned in paragraph ( a ), ( b ) or ( c ), whatever legal defect there may be in the firstmentioned person’s right to hold that situation. (2) A person is treated for the purposes of this Part as making a false Singapore passport, a false Singapore travel document or a false foreign travel document if the person alters a document so as to make it false in any respect (whether or not it was already a false document before the alteration or is false in some other respect apart from that alteration). (3) In this Part, any reference to inducing a person to accept a false document as genuine, or a copy of a false document as a copy of a genuine one, includes a reference to inducing a machine to respond to the document or copy as if it were a genuine document or copy of a genuine one. —(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires — “gain” means — ( a ) a gain in property or a supply of services (whether temporary or permanent); or ( b ) an opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration or to gain a financial advantage otherwise than by way of remuneration; “loss” means — ( a ) a loss of property or a supply of services (whether temporary or permanent); or ( b ) any deprivation of an opportunity to earn remuneration or greater remuneration or an opportunity to gain a financial advantage otherwise than by way of remuneration; “public duty” means a function that is given to — ( a ) a public officer; ( b ) an employee or a member of a public authority, board or tribunal established by or under written law for the purposes of a public function; or ( c ) a contractor who exercises a function or performs work for the Government or public authority mentioned in paragraph ( b ), as such, and includes every person who is in actual possession of the situation of a person mentioned in paragraph ( a ), ( b ) or ( c ), whatever legal defect there may be in the firstmentioned person’s right to hold that situation. (2) A person is treated for the purposes of this Part as making a false Singapore passport, a false Singapore travel document or a false foreign travel document if the person alters a document so as to make it false in any respect (whether or not it was already a false document before the alteration or is false in some other respect apart from that alteration). (3) In this Part, any reference to inducing a person to accept a false document as genuine, or a copy of a false document as a copy of a genuine one, includes a reference to inducing a machine to respond to the document or copy as if it were a genuine document or copy of a genuine one.