Singapore legislation

Section 108

of Environmental Public Health Act

Section 108

Exhumation

(1)

No corpse shall be exhumed otherwise than —

(a)

by order of a District Court under section 105;

(b)

by order of a Magistrate, Coroner or Deputy Commissioner of Police for the purpose of judicial inquiry; or

(c)

by licence granted for that purpose by the Commissioner.

(2)

No licence shall be granted under subsection (1)(c) —

(a)

where the cause of death was a dangerous infectious disease within the meaning of any written law for the time being in force relating to quarantine and prevention of disease; or

(b)

in the case of a corpse that has been buried for a period of less than 5 years unless the Commissioner is satisfied that there are special reasons requiring the exhumation.

(3)

Any person who exhumes or causes to be exhumed or being the owner, the trustee or the person in charge of any burial ground permits to be exhumed any corpse in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.[111

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