Singapore legislation
Regulation 6
Regulation 6
Register of burials
Subregulation 1
A register of burials shall be kept in safe custody in every cemetery.
Subregulation 2
The register of burials shall be in such form as the Director-General may require and shall be kept up to date.
Subregulation 3
For each burial in a cemetery, the following particulars must be recorded in the register of burials kept in the cemetery:
the serial number and date of the burial;
[Deleted by S 416/2022 wef 29/05/2022](c) where the burial is for a deceased person — the name, identity card, passport or birth certificate number, address, occupation, age, sex and marital status of the deceased person;
the date of death or stillbirth, as the case may be;
(da)the cause of death of the deceased person or stillborn child, as the case may be;
where an application for the burial is made under regulation 4, the name, identity card or passport number and address of the person who applied for such burial; (f)where regulation 3(1) applies — the document number of the certificate of death or stillbirth issued under the RBDA, or (where such certificate has not been issued) the document number of the written confirmation mentioned in regulation 3(1)(b) that is issued, for the death or stillbirth, as the case may be; (g)where regulation 3(1A) applies — the document number of the certificate mentioned in regulation 3(1A)(b) that is issued for the death or stillbirth (as the case may be), and the name of the foreign country or territory in which the certificate is issued.
Subregulation 4
The particulars in respect of a burial shall be recorded under paragraph (3) immediately after the burial.
Subregulation 5
A permit issued under regulation 3(1), an application made under regulation 4 and the particulars specified in paragraph (3) shall be preserved for a period of 5 years from the date of the burial to which they relate.