Singapore legislation
Clause 106
Clause 106
Exhumation
(1)
No corpse shall be exhumed otherwise than —
by order of a District Court under section 103 of this Act;
by order of a Magistrate, Coroner or Deputy Commissioner of Police for the purpose of judicial inquiry; or
by licence granted for that purpose by the Commissioner:Provided that no licence shall be granted under the provisions of paragraph (c) of this subsection —
where the cause of death was a dangerous infectious disease within the meaning of any written law for the time being in force relating to quarantine and prevention of disease; or
in the case of a corpse that has been buried for a period of less than five years unless the Commissioner is satisfied that there are special reasons requiring the exhumation.
(2)
Any person who exhumes or causes to be exhumed or being the owner, the trustee or the person in charge of any burial ground permits to be exhumed any corpse in contravention of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars.