Singapore legislation

Section 104

of Environmental Public Health Act

Section 104

Places which may be used for burials, etc.

(1)

No place shall be used or prepared for the burial or burning of any corpse except —

(a)

cemeteries or crematoria provided by the Government or licensed by the Commissioner under section 103(2);

(b)

places heretofore registered under section 105 or licensed under section 106 of the Indian Act XIV of 1856 or otherwise lawfully opened, made or formed, in which burials and burnings have not been prohibited under section 106 or under any law previously in force;

(c)

places licensed by the Municipal Commissioners before 1st July 1906; or

(d)

places licensed by the Minister under the provisions of the Burials Ordinance [1955 Ed. Cap. 212] and the Local Government Integration Act [Cap. 166] prior to the date of commencement of this Act.

(2)

The Commissioner may permit the burial at any suitable place of the corpse of any person who in the opinion of the Minister has rendered eminent service to Singapore notwithstanding subsection (1).[107

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