Coroners Act 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Investigations Into Deaths
10. Investigations into deaths
Feedback & supportA police officer who comes across or receives any information about any death which is, or appears to be, a reportable death must —
reportable death
“reportable death” means any death the circumstances of which are set out in the Second Schedule;
if the body is in Singapore, proceed immediately to the spot where the body is lying or the death is believed to have occurred; and
use his or her best endeavours to investigate the cause of and circumstances connected with the death of the deceased.
If the police officer is unable to comply with subsection (1), the police officer must immediately inform his or her superior officer who must depute some other police officer who must comply with that subsection.
Any police officer who has seen the body may —
body
“body” means a dead person, and includes any part of a person (whether or not the identity of the person concerned is known when the part is discovered or is later determined) —(a)without which no person can live; or(b)discovered in such circumstances or such state that it is probable that the person is dead,but does not include a foetus or a stillborn child within the meaning of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 2021;
cause the body to be removed to any place that the police officer may direct, pending an order of a Coroner to release the body; or
secure and preserve the scene where the body was found, pending further investigations.