Singapore legislation
Clause 79
Clause 79
Unlawful burials
(1)
No person shall bury or cremate or cause or procure or suffer to be buried or cremated any corpse in or upon any place, not being a place where burial or cremation is permitted under this Act or prepare any such place to be used for the burial or cremation of any corpse.
(2)
The Commissioner may, by notice in writing, require any person who has been convicted of an offence under this section to remove within 14 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; and
any structure which has been erected at such place.
(3)
If, within 14 days, the person convicted produces to the Commissioner a licence granted under section 73, the notice may be cancelled.
(4)
Any person who refuses or neglects to comply with any such notice shall be guilty of an offence and the Commissioner may proceed to authorise any person to carry the notice into execution at the expense of the person so refusing or so neglecting to comply with the notice 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.