Singapore legislation
Clause 103
Clause 103
Unlawful burials
(1)
Any person who buries or burns or causes or procures or suffers to be buried or burned any corpse in or upon any place, not being a place where burial or burning is permitted under this Act, or prepares any such place to be used for the burial or burning of any corpse, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction by a District Court to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)
A District Court, if for sanitary or other reasons, considers it expedient may, by a written order under its seal, direct any person who has been convicted of an offence under this section to remove within fourteen days —
the corpse in respect of the unlawful interment of which he has been convicted from the place in which it has been buried to a lawful burial ground; or
any structure which has been erected at such place.
(3)
If, within fourteen days, the person convicted produces to the District Court a licence granted under section 101 or 102 of this Act, the order may be cancelled.
(4)
Any person who refuses or neglects to comply with any such order shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars and to a further fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for every day during which such default continues, and the District Court may proceed to carry the order into execution at the expense of such person and to hire or employ proper persons for that purpose and may recover such expense in the manner provided by law for the levy of fines imposed by a Court.