Coroners

Cap. 126 · Revised Edition 2020 · 55 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Interpretation
s. 3The coroners
s. 4Magistrate principally responsible for exercising duties of coroner
s. 5Report of unnatural death
s. 6Duty of police
s. 7Duty of coroner
s. 8Order for post mortem examination
s. 9Emergency cases
s. 10Post mortem examination
s. 11Report of examination
s. 12No examination by any person charged with neglect
s. 13Order on preliminary investigation
s. 14Order when inquest or inquiry to be held
s. 15Inquest or inquiry
s. 16Power to hold inquest without a jury in certain cases
s. 17Inquest on body of prisoner
s. 18Inquiry where body cannot be found
s. 19Requisition by Chief Justice that inquest or inquiry be held
s. 20Where coroner unable to act
s. 21Direction by Chief Justice for further investigation
s. 22Meaning of “the criminal proceedings”
s. 23Summoning jurors
s. 24Juror’s oath
s. 25View of body
s. 26Nature of investigation
s. 27Summoning and examining witnesses
s. 28Witness not attending
s. 29Committal of recalcitrant witness
s. 30Right of accused persons to be present
s. 31Right of accused person to examine medical practitioner who makes report
s. 32Requisition by majority of jurors for further post mortem examination
s. 33Unsatisfactory explanation of cause of death
s. 34Verdict or finding of jury
s. 35Committal of accused
s. 36Bail in case of manslaughter or infanticide
s. 37Copies of depositions
s. 38Adjournments
s. 39Transmission of proceedings to Chief Justice
s. 40Exhumation of dead body
s. 41Neglect of duty by coroner
s. 42Refusal or neglect of juror to perform duty
s. 43Non-compliance by medical practitioner with order to make post mortem examination
s. 44Burial of body without authority
s. 45Obstruction of person acting under the Act
s. 46Fee for post mortem examination
s. 47Fees to be determined by the Minister
s. 48Trial on coroner’s inquisition abolished
s. 49Admissibility of deposition on trial
s. 50Admissibility of medical report in certain cases
s. 51Intimation of order or summons
s. 52Law and practice not provided for
s. 53Postage of correspondence
s. 54Record of proceedings
s. 55Forms