Singapore legislation

Clause 10

of Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill

Clause 10

Repeal and re-enactment of section 321

Section 321 of the Code is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“Power of Public Prosecutor to require inquiry to be held321.—

(1)

Where the dead body of any person has been found, the Public Prosecutor may require any Coroner to hold an inquiry into the cause of, and the circumstances connected with, the death of that person, and every Coroner so required may and shall hold such inquiry.(2) The Public Prosecutor may also direct whether the body shall or shall not be exhumed and the Coroner shall comply with such direction.”.

Clause 10 — Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill