medical treatment or care or who suffer from any disease, injury or disability of mind or body, and includes a maternity home and a nursing home;
“inquiry” means an inquiry into any death held by a Coroner under Part VI;
“investigation” means an investigation into a death conducted by a police officer, a Coroner or a forensic pathologist, and includes any post-mortem examination;
“medical clinic” means any premises used or intended to be used by a medical practitioner, a health-care practitioner or any other person—
- (a) for the diagnosis or treatment of persons suffering from, or believed to be suffering from, any disease, injury or disability of mind or body; or
- (b) for curing or alleviating any abnormal condition of the human body by the application of any apparatus, equipment, instrument or device,
but does not include a hospital;
“medical practitioner” means a registered medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Act (Cap. 174) who has in force a practising certificate issued under that Act;
“medical treatment or care” includes any operation or any surgical, diagnostic or therapeutic procedure;
“pathologist” means a medical practitioner who is registered as a specialist in pathology under the Medical Registration Act;
“place of custody” means any place in which any person may lawfully be held, confined, detained or committed;
“properly interested person” means—
- (a) any person who is a spouse or next-of-kin of the deceased;
- (b) any person who is a personal representative of the deceased; or
- (c) any other person who, in the opinion of the Coroner, should be regarded as a properly interested person by reason of any particular interest in an inquiry;
