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Formal Consolidation |  2020 RevEd
Interpretation
2.—(1)  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“body” means a dead person, and includes any part of a person (whether or not the identity of the person concerned is known when the part is discovered or is later determined) —
(a)without which no person can live; or
(b)discovered in such circumstances or such state that it is probable that the person is dead,
but does not include a foetus or a stillborn child within the meaning of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1937;
“cause of death” includes not only the apparent cause of death as ascertainable by inspection or examination of the body, but also all matters necessary to enable an opinion to be formed as to the manner in which the deceased came by his or her death;
“Coroner” means a Coroner appointed under section 3(1), and includes the State Coroner;
“forensic pathologist” means a pathologist appointed under section 4(1) as a forensic pathologist;
“Health Sciences Authority” means the Health Sciences Authority established under section 3 of the Health Sciences Authority Act 2001;
“healthcare practitioner” means a person providing any of the services specified in the First Schedule, but does not include a medical practitioner;
“hospital” means any premises used or intended to be used for the reception, lodging, treatment and care of persons who require medical treatment or care or who suffer from any disease, injury or disability of mind or body, and includes a maternity home and a nursing home;
“inquiry” means an inquiry into any death held by a Coroner under Part 6;
“investigation” means an investigation into a death conducted by a police officer, a Coroner or a forensic pathologist, and includes any post-mortem examination;
“medical clinic” means any premises used or intended to be used by a medical practitioner, a healthcare practitioner or any other person —
(a)for the diagnosis or treatment of persons suffering from, or believed to be suffering from, any disease, injury or disability of mind or body; or
(b)for curing or alleviating any abnormal condition of the human body by the application of any apparatus, equipment, instrument or device,
but does not include a hospital;
“medical practitioner” means a registered medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act 1997 who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act;
“medical treatment or care” includes any operation or any surgical, diagnostic or therapeutic procedure;
“pathologist” means a medical practitioner who is registered as a specialist in pathology under the Medical Registration Act 1997;
“place of custody” means any place in which any person may lawfully be held, confined, detained or committed;
“properly interested person” means —
(a)any person who is a spouse or next-of-kin of the deceased;
(b)any person who is a personal representative of the deceased; or
(c)any other person who, in the opinion of the Coroner, should be regarded as a properly interested person by reason of any particular interest in an inquiry;
“Registrar-General” means the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths appointed under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1937;
“reportable death” means any death the circumstances of which are set out in the Second Schedule;
“Singapore-registered aircraft” means an aircraft registered in Singapore under the Air Navigation Act 1966;
“Singapore-registered vessel” means a vessel registered in Singapore under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;
“State Coroner” means the State Coroner appointed under section 3(1).
(2)  For the purposes of this Act, a person is in official custody while he or she is —
(a)held, confined, detained or committed under any written law in any place of custody;
(b)proceeding to or from any such place of custody in the company of a police officer or other person charged with the person’s custody; or
(c)being taken into or escaping from such custody.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 2 of 2024
Interpretation
2.—(1)  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“body” means a dead person, and includes any part of a person (whether or not the identity of the person concerned is known when the part is discovered or is later determined) —
(a)without which no person can live; or
(b)discovered in such circumstances or such state that it is probable that the person is dead,
but does not include a foetus or a stillborn child within the meaning of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 2021;
[Act 2 of 2024 wef 16/04/2024]
“cause of death” includes not only the apparent cause of death as ascertainable by inspection or examination of the body, but also all matters necessary to enable an opinion to be formed as to the manner in which the deceased came by his or her death;
“Coroner” means a Coroner appointed under section 3(1), and includes the State Coroner;
“forensic pathologist” means a pathologist appointed under section 4(1) as a forensic pathologist;
“Health Sciences Authority” means the Health Sciences Authority established under section 3 of the Health Sciences Authority Act 2001;
“healthcare practitioner” means a person providing any of the services specified in the First Schedule, but does not include a medical practitioner;
“hospital” means any premises used or intended to be used for the reception, lodging, treatment and care of persons who require medical treatment or care or who suffer from any disease, injury or disability of mind or body, and includes a maternity home and a nursing home;
“inquiry” means an inquiry into any death held by a Coroner under Part 6;
“investigation” means an investigation into a death conducted by a police officer, a Coroner or a forensic pathologist, and includes any post-mortem examination;
“medical clinic” means any premises used or intended to be used by a medical practitioner, a healthcare practitioner or any other person —
(a)for the diagnosis or treatment of persons suffering from, or believed to be suffering from, any disease, injury or disability of mind or body; or
(b)for curing or alleviating any abnormal condition of the human body by the application of any apparatus, equipment, instrument or device,
but does not include a hospital;
“medical practitioner” means a registered medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act 1997 who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act;
“medical treatment or care” includes any operation or any surgical, diagnostic or therapeutic procedure;
“pathologist” means a medical practitioner who is registered as a specialist in pathology under the Medical Registration Act 1997;
“place of custody” means any place in which any person may lawfully be held, confined, detained or committed;
“properly interested person” means —
(a)any person who is a spouse or next-of-kin of the deceased;
(b)any person who is a personal representative of the deceased; or
(c)any other person who, in the opinion of the Coroner, should be regarded as a properly interested person by reason of any particular interest in an inquiry;
“Registrar-General” means the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths appointed under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 2021;
[Act 2 of 2024 wef 16/04/2024]
“reportable death” means any death the circumstances of which are set out in the Second Schedule;
“Singapore-registered aircraft” means an aircraft registered in Singapore under the Air Navigation Act 1966;
“Singapore-registered vessel” means a vessel registered in Singapore under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;
“State Coroner” means the State Coroner appointed under section 3(1).
(2)  For the purposes of this Act, a person is in official custody while he or she is —
(a)held, confined, detained or committed under any written law in any place of custody;
(b)proceeding to or from any such place of custody in the company of a police officer or other person charged with the person’s custody; or
(c)being taken into or escaping from such custody.