Singapore legislation
Section 278
Section 278
Power of Public Prosecutor to require inquiry to be held
(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 the inquiry.
(2)
The Public Prosecutor may also direct whether the body shall or shall not be exhumed and the Coroner shall comply with the direction. [277