Coroners Act 2010 - Singapore Statutes Online

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3 Appointment of State Coroner and Coroners

4 Appointment of forensic pathologists

5 Obligation to report death

6 Reporting of death occurring in official custody

7 Reporting of death by police officer

8 Duty to preserve medical records by persons in charge of hospital, medical clinic and place of custody

9 Body not to be moved

10 Investigations into deaths

11 Police officer to report to Coroner

12 Preliminary investigation by Coroner

13 Police officer to report to Public Prosecutor in certain cases

14 Duty of police officer to investigate cause of death if directed by Public Prosecutor

15 Power of police officer to investigate

16 Coroner or Public Prosecutor may direct forensic pathologist to investigate

17 Powers of forensic pathologist

17A Minister may issue certificate in certain cases

18 When post-mortem examination necessary

19 Conduct of post-mortem examination

20 Post-mortem examination report and special examination report

21 Power of Coroner to order exhumation

22 Power of Coroner to order release for burial, cremation, etc.

23 Coroner to report to Public Prosecutor if body is released without inquiry

24 Jurisdiction of Coroner to hold inquiry

25 Duty of Coroner to hold inquiry

26 Power of Public Prosecutor to require inquiry

27 Purpose of inquiry

28 Pre-inquiry review

29 Notice of inquiry

30 Summoning of witnesses and production of documents

31 Inquiries to be made public

33 Evidence by conditioned statements

34 Reading over evidence and correction

35 Questioning of witnesses

36 Manner of recording evidence

37 Rules of evidence not applicable

38 Adjournment of inquiry

39 Adjournment of inquiry when criminal proceedings commenced

40 Adjournment of inquiry when commission or committee appointed under Inquiries Act 2007

41 Change of Coroner

42 Coroner’s certificate

43 Forwarding transcripts of evidence, etc.

44 Obstruction of Coroner, etc.

45 Admissibility of evidence in subsequent judicial proceedings

46 Payment of allowance to witnesses

47 Amendment of Schedules

50 Saving and transitional provisions

SECOND SCHEDULE

Sections 2(1) and 47(1)

Reportable deaths

1.	Death in Singapore of a person whose identity is not known.

2.	Any death in Singapore that was unnatural or violent.

3.	Any death in Singapore that resulted or is suspected to have resulted, directly or indirectly, from an accident.

4.	Any death in Singapore that occurred, directly or indirectly, as a result of any medical treatment or care.

5.	Death in Singapore of a person while the person was in official custody, except death as a result of the lawful execution of a death sentence.

6.	Death in Singapore of a person where the person was, before his or her death, in official custody and where the death was related, or suspected to be related, to that custody.

7.	Any death in Singapore occurring apparently or possibly as a consequence of any law enforcement operation.

8.	Any death in Singapore occurring as a result of any accident or dangerous occurrence at a workplace to which the Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006 applies.

9.	Any death in Singapore involving a public vehicle, commercial transport vehicle, rapid transit system or other mode of public transport.

10.	Any death on board a Singapore-registered vessel or a Singapore‑registered aircraft while in flight.

11.	Any death in Singapore that was caused or suspected to have been caused by an unlawful act or omission.

12.	Any death in Singapore the manner or cause of which is unknown.

13.	Any death in Singapore that occurred under suspicious circumstances.

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