Singapore legislation

Regulation 7

of Environmental Public Health (Crematoria) Regulations

Regulation 7

Prohibited cremations

Amended byS 417/2022 wef 29/05/2022

Subregulation 1

The licensee or an authorised officer must not allow a corpse to be cremated if —

(a)

in the case of a deceased person —

(i)

it is known that the deceased person has left a written direction to the contrary; or

(ii)

the deceased person has not been identified; or

(b)

paragraph (2) is not satisfied.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 417/2022 wef 29/05/2022

Before a corpse is cremated, the death or stillbirth (as the case may be) must have been registered under the RBDA or, in the absence of such registration, a medical practitioner must have issued a written confirmation of the death or stillbirth, as the case may be.