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

Investigations into deaths

10.—(1) A police officer who comes across or receives any information about any death which is, or appears to be, a reportable death must —

(a)	if the body is in Singapore, proceed immediately to the spot where the body is lying or the death is believed to have occurred; and
(b)	use his or her best endeavours to investigate the cause of and circumstances connected with the death of the deceased.

(2) If the police officer is unable to comply with subsection (1), the police officer must immediately inform his or her superior officer who must depute some other police officer who must comply with that subsection.

(3) Any police officer who has seen the body may —

(a)	cause the body to be removed to any place that the police officer may direct, pending an order of a Coroner to release the body; or
(b)	secure and preserve the scene where the body was found, pending further investigations.

Police officer to report to Coroner

11.—(1) After a police officer has started investigations into a death, he or she must, as soon as reasonably practicable, inform a Coroner of the death and any particulars concerning the cause of death which have come to the police officer’s knowledge.

(2) The police officer investigating into the cause of death must —

(a)	from time to time, furnish the Coroner with any further particulars concerning the death that may subsequently come to the police officer’s knowledge, together with the name of any person who has been arrested and charged in connection with the death; and
(b)	comply with any directions that the Coroner may give concerning the investigation.

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