Singapore legislation
Regulation 59
Regulation 59
Death of detained person
A medical officer for a place of detention must, upon the death of a detained person in the place of detention (called in this rule the deceased), enter in the medical officer’s records —
the time of the death;
the cause of the death; (c)in the case where the cause of the death is a sickness, a disease or an injury —
the nature of the sickness, disease or injury; (ii)the time when the sickness, disease or injury was first observed;
the time when the sickness, disease or injury was first reported to the medical officer; and
the time when the sickness, disease or injury assumed a dangerous character; (d)an account of the deceased’s appearance after death; (e)the results of any post-mortem examination carried out on the deceased; and (f)any other remarks that, in the medical officer’s opinion, are necessary.