Internal Security Act 1960 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Special Provisions Relating to Security Areas
68. Medical officers of armed forces to be regarded as pathologist or medical practitioner under supervision of pathologist
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The provisions of the Coroners Act 2010 shall, in respect of any inquiries into any death in any security area, have effect as if reference therein to a pathologist, or a medical practitioner under the supervision of a pathologist, included reference in each case to a medical officer of the Singapore Armed Forces when acting in the course of his duty:Provided that no such medical officer of the Singapore Armed Forces shall, without his consent, be required by any order or otherwise to perform a post-mortem examination of any body.
security area
“security area” means any area in respect of which a proclamation under section 48 is for the time being in force;