Singapore legislation

Regulation 4

of Coroners (Electronic Filing for Coroners’ Courts) Regulations 2015

Regulation 4

Establishment of electronic filing service

Subregulation 1

The Registrar may, with the approval of the Chief Justice, establish an electronic filing service for the filing, delivery or conveyance of every application or document relating to —

(a)

any matter concerning a death which is reported to a Coroner under section 11 of the Act;

(b)

any matter relating to the viewing of a body by a Coroner under section 12 of the Act;

(c)

any matter relating to, or arising from, a Coroner’s decision under section 25(2) of the Act not to hold an inquiry;

(d)

any pre-inquiry review held under section 28 of the Act; or

(e)

any inquiry.

Subregulation 2

The Coroners’ Courts are to maintain in electronic form the official case file for any report to a Coroner of a death and any subsequent proceedings relating to that death, and the electronic documents in that case file are to be the official court record.

Subregulation 3

If a Coroner’s Court makes an electronic record, document or image of a document that is filed, served, delivered or conveyed in hard copy, the electronic record, document or image of the document is to be the official court record.

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