Singapore legislation

Section 23

of Criminal Procedure Code

Section 23

Police officer bound to report certain matters

Every police officer shall forthwith communicate to the nearest inspector of police any information which he may have or obtain respecting —

(a)

the occurrence of any sudden or unnatural death or of any death under suspicious circumstances; or

(b)

the finding of the dead body of any person without its being known how the person came by death.[22