period, the Chief District Judge appointed under the Subordinate Courts Act (Cap. 321) may appoint another Coroner to act as State Coroner for that period.
(6) All appointments made under subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette.
Appointment of forensic pathologists
4.—(1) The Chief Executive of the Health Sciences Authority may appoint any pathologist as a forensic pathologist for the purposes of this Act.
(2) All appointments made under subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette.
PART II
REPORTING OF DEATHS AND PRESERVING OF RECORDS
Obligation to report death
5.—(1) Any person who becomes aware of a death which is, or appears to be, a reportable death shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, make a report of the death to a police officer.
(2) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, the burden of proving which shall be on the accused in a prosecution, contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to both.
(3) Nothing in this section or section 6 shall derogate from any other obligation to report a death under any other written law.
Reporting of death occurring in official custody
6.—(1) Where a person dies—
- (a) in the course of being arrested or detained by any person in the exercise, or purported exercise, of any power of arrest or detention under any written law; or
- (b) while he is in official custody,
