Internal Security Act 1960 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Special Provisions Relating to Security Areas
67. Power to dispense with death inquiries
Feedback & supportNotwithstanding anything to the contrary in any written law, in any security area —
security area
“security area” means any area in respect of which a proclamation under section 48 is for the time being in force;
a Coroner may dispense with the holding of a death inquiry on the dead body of any police officer or of any member of the security forces;
police officer
“police officer” includes an auxiliary police officer and a special police officer appointed in accordance with any written law for the time being in force;
where the Coroner responsible for holding a death inquiry upon the body of any person is satisfied that such person has been killed in a security area as a result of operations by the police or by the security forces for the purpose of suppressing organised violence, the Coroner may dispense with the holding of a death inquiry on the body of such person.
security forces
“security forces” includes the Singapore Police Force, the Special Constabulary, the auxiliary police force, the Singapore Armed Forces, any local forces established under any written law in force in Singapore, and any force which is a visiting force for the purposes of Part 1 of the Visiting Forces Act 1960 and in respect of whom all or any of the powers exercisable by the Singapore Armed Forces or their members under this Act have been made exercisable by an order made under any such law;