“Registrar-General” means the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths appointed under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act (Cap. 267);
“reportable death” means any death the circumstances of which are set out in the Second Schedule;
“Singapore-registered aircraft” means an aircraft registered in Singapore under the Air Navigation Act (Cap. 6);
“Singapore-registered vessel” means a vessel registered in Singapore under the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179);
“State Coroner” means the State Coroner appointed under section 3(1).
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a person is in official custody while he is—
- (a) held, confined, detained or committed under any written law in any place of custody;
- (b) proceeding to or from any such place of custody in the company of a police officer or other person charged with the person’s custody; or
- (c) being taken into or escaping from such custody.
Appointment of State Coroner and Coroners
3.—(1) The President may, on the recommendation of the Chief Justice, appoint a State Coroner and such other Coroners as are necessary for the proper administration of this Act.
(2) No person shall be appointed a Coroner unless he is a judicial officer appointed under the Subordinate Courts Act (Cap. 321) and, in the case of the State Coroner, unless he is a District Judge appointed under that Act.
(3) The State Coroner shall be charged with the general administration of this Act and the exercise of the functions and duties imposed upon him by this Act.
(4) The State Coroner may authorise or appoint any person to assist him in the exercise of his functions and duties under this Act whether generally or in any particular case.
(5) Where the State Coroner is temporarily unable, whether by illness, absence or any other reason, to perform his functions and duties for any
