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NO. 14 OF 2010


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(b) a Coroner has issued a certificate of his order to release the body and no inquiry is held,
the cause of death as stated in the certificate referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), as the case may be, shall be entered in the register.


(2) The cause of death as stated in any certificate issued by the Coroner under subsection (1) shall, if different from that already registered, be substituted therefor and the alterations duly certified and signed by the registrar.


(3) Nothing in section 3(3) or 8 shall prevent the registration under this section of a death which did not occur in Singapore, or where the body of the deceased person is destroyed, irrecoverable or cannot be found.”.
(b) Section 23(3) Delete the words “, 20 or 21” and substitute the words “or 20”.
6. Subordinate Courts Act
(Chapter 321, 2007 Ed.)
(a) Section 2 (i) Insert, immediately after the definition of “commissioner for oaths”, the following definition:
““Coroner” has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Coroners Act 2010;”.
(ii) Delete the word “, Coroner” in the definition of “judicial officer”.