Infectious Diseases Act 1976 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Control of Infectious Diseases Within Singapore
9. Post-mortem examination
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Where any person has died while being, or suspected of being, a case or an at-risk individual of an infectious disease, the Director-General of Health may order a post‑mortem examination of the body of that person for the purpose of —
infectious disease
“infectious disease” means —(a)any of the diseases specified in the First Schedule; and(b)for the purposes of sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 17A, 19, 55, 57A and 59A, includes any other disease —(i)that is caused or is suspected to be caused by a micro‑organism or any agent of disease;(ii)that is capable or is suspected to be capable of transmission by any means to human beings; and(iii)that, the Director has reason to believe, if left uninvestigated or unchecked, is likely to result in an epidemic of the disease;
determining the cause or circumstances of the death of that person; or
investigating into any outbreak or suspected outbreak of, or preventing the spread or possible outbreak of, that disease.