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Death in a house in a district
Cap. 157, s. 21 · Revised Edition 2020
On the death of any person in a house in any district–
(a) the relatives of the deceased person present at the death or in attendance during the last illness of the deceased;
(b) in default of such relatives, every person present at the death;
(c) in default of such last-mentioned person, the occupier of the house in which the death occurred, if he has knowledge of the fact; or
(d) in default of such occupier, the person causing the body of the deceased to be buried,
shall, within the four days next following the death, or as soon thereafter as can reasonably be done, give or transmit to the Registrar to the best of their knowledge and belief information of the particulars required to be registered concerning the death.
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