Singapore legislation
Regulation 27
Regulation 27
Dangerous illness or death of detained person
Amended byS 617/2023 wef 08/09/2023
Subregulation 1
The Superintendent of a place of detention must, upon the dangerous illness or death of a detained person in the place of detention, give immediate notice of the illness or death of the detained person to the most accessible known relative of the detained person or of the deceased, as the case may be.
Subregulation 2
Amended byS 617/2023 wef 08/09/2023
The Superintendent of a place of detention must, upon the death of a detained person in the place of detention —
(a)
give immediate notice of the death of the detained person to a Magistrate or Coroner, as the case may be; and
(b)
report the death to the officer-in-charge of the place of detention.