Parliament of Singapore

“ The Coroner or the forensic pathologist investigating a case, if any, may direct the person performing a post-mortem examination to cause to be retained any part or contents of the body or any other substance or thing which appears to the Coroner or forensic pathologist to be relevant in establishing the manner or cause of death. ”

“ An inquiry shall be held in open court, unless a Coroner is of the opinion that it is in the interests of justice, propriety, public order or public security, or there is other sufficient reason, that the public be excluded from the inquiry or any part of the inquiry. ”

“ Any person who wilfully obstructs, resists or delays a Coroner or a forensic pathologist in the performance and execution of his duty or of anything which he is empowered or required to do under this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both. ”

“ DEATHS FOR WHICH INQUIRY MUST BE HELD
1. Death in Singapore of a person whose identity is not known.
2. Any death in Singapore that occurred, directly or indirectly, as a result of any medical treatment or care.
3. Death in Singapore of a person where the person was, before his death, in official custody and where the death was related, or suspected to be related, to that custody.
4. Any death in Singapore occurring apparently or possibly as a consequence of any law enforcement operation. ”

“ If a Coroner—
(a) who has viewed a body or has authorised the release of the body is unable to hold the inquiry himself; (b) is at any time unable to complete the inquiry himself; or (c) is unable to re-open an inquiry previously concluded by himself when so directed by the Public Prosecutor under section 26 (3) , another Coroner may hold, continue or re-open the inquiry, as the case may be, and may proceed as if he had viewed the body or recorded all the evidence at the inquiry himself. ”

“ Any medical practitioner or health-care practitioner who is required by a forensic pathologist under subsection (1) (b) to provide any information or records and who—
(a) fails to provide such information or records; (b) provides any information or records which he knows or believes to be false or incomplete ”

“ This Act may be cited as the Coroners Act 2010 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Interpretation
2.— (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“body” means a dead person, and includes any part of a person (whether or not the identity of the person concerned is known when the part is discovered or is later determined) —
(a) without which no person can live ”

“ Services provided by traditional chinese medicine practitioners.
6. Services provided by podiatrists, chiropractors, osteopaths, physiotherapists, acupuncturists, naturopaths and services in other alternative health-care fields. ”