Singapore legislation
Regulation 10
Regulation 10
Register of cremations
Subregulation 1
A register of cremations shall be kept in every crematorium, which shall be in such form as the Director-General may require, and shall contain the following particulars for each cremation at the crematorium:
the serial number and date of the cremation;
[Deleted by S 417/2022 wef 29/05/2022](c) where the cremation is for a deceased person — the name, identity card number, address, occupation, age, sex and marital status of the deceased person;
the date of death or stillbirth, as the case may be;
(da)the cause of death of the deceased person or stillborn child, as the case may be;
the name, identity card number and address of the person who applied for the cremation under regulation 8;
the document number of the certificate of death or stillbirth issued under the RBDA, or (where such certificate has not been issued) the document number of the written confirmation mentioned in regulation 7(2) that is issued, for the death or stillbirth, as the case may be;
[Deleted by S 417/2022 wef 29/05/2022](h)the manner in which the ashes were disposed of.
Subregulation 2
The particulars relating to each cremation shall be entered in the register immediately after the cremation has taken place, except that the entry relating to the disposal of the ashes shall be completed as soon as the ashes have been disposed of in accordance with regulation 15.
Subregulation 3
All applications, certificates and other documents relating to every cremation shall be preserved for 7 years from the date of the cremation to which they relate.
Subregulation 4
The register of cremations shall be kept for such period of time as the Director-General may direct.
Subregulation 5
A copy of the register of cremations shall be kept at the office of the Director-General and every copy shall be the property of the Director-General.
Subregulation 6
The details of cremations carried out in every month shall be entered in the register of cremations at the office of the Director-General not later than the seventh day of the following month.