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Regulation 34

of Infectious Diseases (Quarantine) Regulations

Regulation 34

To report death on board

Amended byS 257/2023 wef 02/05/2023

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 257/2023 wef 02/05/2023

The master, owner or agent of any vessel in any port in Singapore shall immediately report to a Port Health Officer and to the police any death occurring on his vessel, and no corpse shall under any circumstances be landed or be caused to be landed without the permission of a Port Health Officer in the Form F set out at the Agency’s website at https://www.nea.gov.sg.

Subregulation 2

Where a death has occurred during the current voyage on board any vessel which does not have a surgeon, the master shall give information thereof to a Port Health Officer not less than 24 hours before reaching the port in the case of a ship and, in the case of an aircraft, not less than 30 minutes before landing. Such corpse shall not be landed or be caused to be landed without the permission of a Port Health Officer in that Form F.