Singapore legislation
Schedule 4
Schedule 4
Consequential and related amendments to other written laws
FOURTH SCHEDULESection 50Consequential and related amendments to other written lawsFirst columnSecond column1.Human Organ Transplant Act (Chapter 131A, 2005 Ed.) Section 6Delete subsection (4) and substitute the following subsection:“(4) In this section, “Coroner” means the State Coroner or a Coroner appointed under the Coroners Act 2010.”. 2.Medical (Therapy, Education and Research) Act (Chapter 175, 1985 Ed.) (a)Section 16(i)Delete the words “or 4” in subsection (1) and substitute the words “, 4 or 12”. (ii)Delete the words “with the written consent of the Coroner” in subsection (2)(b) and substitute the words “where the Coroner has ordered the release of the body under section 22(3)(c) of the Coroners Act 2010,”.(b)Section 17(i)Delete the words “Criminal Procedure Code” and substitute the words “Coroners Act 2010”. (ii)Delete the marginal reference “Cap. 68.”.3.Prisons Act (Chapter 247, 2000 Ed.) (a)Section 35Delete the word “, Coroner,”.(b)Section 36Delete the words “, Justice of the Peace or Coroner” in subsections (1) and (2) and substitute in each case the words “or Justice of the Peace”.4.Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act (Chapter 248, 1999 Ed.) (a)Section 2Insert, immediately after the definition of “healthcare establishment”, the following definition:“ “healthcare institution” means a clinical laboratory, a healthcare establishment, a medical clinic or a private hospital;”.(b)Section 11(i)Delete the words “The licensee of a private hospital or a healthcare establishment shall” in subsection (1) and substitute the words “The licensee of a prescribed healthcare institution shall, in accordance with such prescribed requirements as may apply to that healthcare institution,”. (ii)Delete the words “private hospital or healthcare establishment” in subsections (1)(a), (b) and (c) and (2) and substitute in each case the words “prescribed healthcare institution”. (iii)Delete the words “private hospital or a healthcare establishment” in subsections (2) and (5) and substitute in each case the words “prescribed healthcare institution”.(c)Section 22(2)Delete paragraph (k) and substitute the following paragraph:“(k)the healthcare institutions for which quality assurance committees are required to be established, and the composition, procedures, duties and responsibilities which apply to a quality assurance committee of any healthcare institution or class of healthcare institutions.”.5.Registration of Births and Deaths Act (Chapter 267, 1985 Ed.) (a)Section 21Repeal and substitute the following section:“When Coroner’s certificate is issued21.—
Where, in relation to the death of any person —
a Coroner has issued a certificate setting out the cause of death as found at a Coroner’s inquiry, or if no inquiry is held, based on the evidence before the Coroner; or
a Coroner has issued a certificate of his order to release the body and no inquiry is held,the cause of death as stated in the certificate referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), as the case may be, shall be entered in the register.(2) The cause of death as stated in any certificate issued by the Coroner under subsection (1) shall, if different from that already registered, be substituted therefor and the alterations duly certified and signed by the registrar.(3) Nothing in section 3(3) or 8 shall prevent the registration under this section of a death which did not occur in Singapore, or where the body of the deceased person is destroyed, irrecoverable or cannot be found.”.(b)Section 27(3)Delete the words “, 20 or 21” and substitute the words “or 20”.6.Subordinate Courts Act (Chapter 321, 2007 Ed.) (a)Section 2(i)Insert, immediately after the definition of “commissioner for oaths”, the following definition:“ “Coroner” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Coroners Act 2010;”. (ii)Delete the word “, Coroner” in the definition of “judicial officer”.(b)Section 3Insert, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(4) The Coroners’ Courts shall have such jurisdiction as is conferred by the Coroners Act 2010 and any other written law.”.(c)Section 10(i)Delete the words “or a Coroner” in subsections (1) and (2). (ii)Delete the words “and Coroners” in the section heading.(d)Section 56 (including the sub-heading “Jurisdiction of Coroners’ Courts”)Repeal.