1971 Ed.]
Coroners Rules.
[CAP. 14
28. No person shall be allowed to address the coroner or the jury as to the facts.
29. When the coroner sits with a jury, he shall sum up the evidence to the jury and direct them as to the law before they consider their verdict and shall draw their attention to rules 23, 24, 30 and 31 of these rules.
30. No verdict shall be framed in such a way as to appear to determine any question of civil liability.
31. The coroner shall not record any rider unless the rider is, in the opinion of the coroner, designed to prevent the recurrence of fatalities similar to that in respect of which the inquiry is being held.
RECORDS, DOCUMENTS AND Exhibits.
32. A coroner shall keep an indexed register of all deaths reported to him which shall contain the particulars specified in Form 7 set out in the Schedule to the Coroners (Forms) Rules.
33. Every exhibit at an inquiry shall, unless a court otherwise directs, be retained by the coroner until he is satisfied that the exhibit is not likely to be, or will no longer be, required for the purposes of any other legal proceedings, and shall then, if a request for its delivery has been made by a person appearing to the coroner to be entitled to the possession thereof, be delivered to that person, or, if no such request has been made, be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the coroner thinks fit.
34. Any document, other than an exhibit at an inquiry, in the possession of a coroner in connexion with an inquiry or post-mortem examination shall, unless a court otherwise directs, be retained by the coroner for at least fifteen years:
Provided that the coroner may deliver any such document to any person who in the opinion of the coroner is a proper person to have possession of it.
35. A coroner shall, on application, supply to any person who, in the opinion of the coroner, is a properly interested person a copy of any notes of evidence or depositions taken by the coroner at an inquiry, or of any report of a post-mortem examination, or of any document put in evidence at an inquiry; or may, on application, permit such person to inspect such notes of evidence, depositions, report or document.
36. When a coroner vacates his office by death or otherwise, all documents, exhibits, registers and other things in the custody of the coroner in connexion with inquiries or post-mortem examinations shall be transferred to the coroner next appointed to that office.
A 7
[Subsidiary]
Facts.
Duties of coroner as to matters of law and evidence.
Civil liability not to be determined.
Riders.
Register of deaths.
(Cap. 14, sub. leg.)
Retention and disposal of exhibits.
Retention and disposal of documents other than exhibits.
Copy documents.
Vacation of office.
1971 Ed.]
Coroners Rules.
[CAP. 14
28. No person shall be allowed to address the coroner or the jury as to the facts.
29. When the coroner sits with a jury, he shall sum up the evidence to the jury and direct them as to the law before they consider their verdict and shall draw their attention to rules 23, 24, 30 and 31 of these rules.
30. No verdict shall be framed in such a way as to appear to determine any question of civil liability.
31. The coroner shall not record any rider unless the rider is, in the opinion of the coroner, designed to prevent the recurrence of fatalities similar to that in respect of which the inquiry is being held.
RECORDS, DOCUMENTS AND Exhibits.
32. A coroner shall keep an indexed register of all deaths reported to him which shall contain the particulars specified in Form 7 set out in the Schedule to the Coroners (Forms) Rules.
33. Every exhibit at an inquiry shall, unless a court otherwise directs, be retained by the coroner until he is satisfied that the exhibit is not likely to be, or will no longer be, required for the purposes of any other legal proceedings, and shall then, if a request for its delivery has been made by a person appearing to the coroner to be entitled to the possession thereof, be delivered to that person, or, if no such request has been made, be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the coroner thinks fit.
34. Any document, other than an exhibit at an inquiry, in the possession of a coroner in connexion with an inquiry or post- mortem examination shall, unless a court otherwise directs, be retained by the coroner for at least fifteen-years:
three years
Provided that the coroner may deliver any such document to any person who in the opinion of the coroner is a proper person to have possession of it.
35. A coroner shall, on application, supply to any person who, in the opinion of the coroner, is a properly interested person a copy of any notes of evidence or depositions taken by the coroner at an inquiry, or of any report of a post-mortem examination, or of any document put in evidence at an inquiry; or may, on applica- tion, permit such person to inspect such notes of evidence, deposi- tions, report or document.
36. When a coroner vacates his office by death or otherwise, all documents, exhibits, registers and other things in the custody of the coroner in connexion with inquiries or post-mortem examina- tions shall be transferred to the coroner next appointed to that office.
A 7
[Subsidiary]
Facts.
Duties of
coroner as to matters of law and evidence.
Civil liability not to be determined.
Riders.
Register of deaths.
(Cap. 14, sub, leg.)
Retention and disposal of exhibits.
Retention and disposal of documents other than exhibits.
Copy docu- ments.
Vacation of
office.
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