Singapore legislation

Clause 118

of Local Government Integration Ordinance

Clause 118

Exhumation

(1)

No corpse shall be exhumed otherwise than —

(a)

by order of a District Court under section 116 of this Ordinance;

(b)

by order of a Magistrate, Coroner or Deputy Commissioner of Police for the purpose of judicial inquiry; or

(c)

by licence granted for that purpose by the Director:Provided that no licence shall be granted under the provisions of paragraph (c) of this subsection —

(i)

where the cause of death was a dangerous infectious disease as defined in the Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance (Cap. 147); or

(ii)

in the case of a corpse that has been buried for a period of less than five years unless the Director is satisfied that there are special reasons requiring the exhumation.

(2)

Any person who exhumes or causes to be exhumed or being the owner, trustee or person in charge of any burial ground permits to be exhumed any corpse in contravention of the provisions of this section shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

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