21. When Coroner’s certificate is issued
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Where, in relation to the death of any person —
a Coroner has issued a certificate setting out the cause of death as found at a Coroner’s inquiry, or if no inquiry is held, based on the evidence before the Coroner; or
a Coroner has issued a certificate of his order to release the body and no inquiry is held,the cause of death as stated in the certificate referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), as the case may be, shall be entered in the register.
The cause of death as stated in any certificate issued by the Coroner under subsection (1) shall, if different from that already registered, be substituted therefor and the alterations duly certified and signed by the registrar.
Nothing in section 3(3) or 8 shall prevent the registration under this section of a death which did not occur in Singapore, or where the body of the deceased person is destroyed, irrecoverable or cannot be found.