Singapore legislation

Regulation 8

of Environmental Public Health (Crematoria) Regulations

Regulation 8

Application for cremation

Amended byS 270/2005 wef 29/04/2005S 417/2022 wef 29/05/2022

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 270/2005 wef 29/04/2005

An application for a permit to cremate a corpse and the permit to cremate a corpse shall be in such form as the Director-General may require.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 417/2022 wef 29/05/2022

The application must be made by —

(a)

in the case of a deceased person —

(i)

the executor of the estate of the deceased person or the nearest surviving relative of the deceased person;

(ii)

a person who is duly authorised to do so by any person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i); or

(iii)

any other person who has given sufficient reason to the Director-General as to why the application is not being made by any of the persons mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii); and

(b)

in the case of a stillborn child —

(i)

the nearest surviving relative of the stillborn child, or a person who is duly authorised to do so by that relative; or

(ii)

any other person who has given sufficient reason to the Director-General as to why the application is not being made by any of the persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (i).

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