Singapore legislation
Section 274
Section 274
View of body by Coroner or burial without view
(1)
Where the finding of a dead body under the circumstances mentioned in section 273 is reported to or comes to the knowledge of a Coroner within whose jurisdiction the dead body has been found, that Coroner —
shall, as soon as possible, proceed to the place where the body is and view the body;
may order the body to be removed to some more convenient place, and, subject to paragraph (c), shall view the body at that place; or
if the death has not been reported as due to any unlawful act or omission, may, if it appears to him unnecessary to view the body, forthwith issue an order for the burial thereof.
(2)
In the case of every such dead body as is referred to in subsection (1) the Coroner shall make a preliminary investigation.
(3)
If he considers after making a preliminary investigation that death was due to natural causes and that it is unnecessary to hold an inquiry, he may if the body is still unburied, issue an order for the burial thereof.
(4)
Such order may be issued either before or after any examination of the body by a medical officer.
(5)
In every case where a body is buried by order of a Coroner and no inquiry is held, the Coroner shall report the facts to the Public Prosecutor with his reasons for not holding an inquiry and shall transmit all reports and documents in his possession connected with the matter. [273