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CORONER'S ABOLITION . [ 17 OF 1888. ] 105 7


No. 17 OF 1888 ,

An Ordinance entitled The Coroner's abolition Ordinance, 188
( See9.)No. 7 of
1888.
[ 9th June, 1888. ]

W!HEREAS it is expedient to abolish the office of Coroner Preamble.
and to provide for the discharge of the duties thereof
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by the Magistrates :
1. Magistrate in this ordinance shall mean any Magistrate Definition .
appointed by the Governor to discharge the duties of Coroner,
or, in his absence or inability to act, any Police Magistrate.
2. From the time of the coming into force of this ordinance Office of
the office of Coroner and all incidental offices thereto attached abolished
Coroner .
shall be abolished .
3. The duties hitherto performed by the Coroner shall be Duties to be
performed by the Magistrates or either of them as the Governor Magistrates.
performed by
may from time to time direct, and the Magistrates shall have,
in relation to such duties, all the powers and privileges a Coroner
had by law at the time of the coming into force of this ordinance .
4. The Governor may from time to time by order under his Places for
hand set apart suitable places for the reception of dead bodies post mortem ,
30 V.
for the purpose of post mortem examination , and may make 38c. 90. 9. 20;
and 39
regulations for the management of such places. When any C. 55.8. 143.
such place has been set apart the Magistrate may order the
removal of any dead body to and from such place for the pur
pose of any post mortem examination , and may order the cost
of such removal to be defrayed from public funds.
5. The Superintendent of the Civil Hospital or such other Preliminary
medical officer as may be appointed by the Governor for the ofexamination
bodies.
duty, shall, on receiving any dead body, make a preliminary (7 of 68. 7.)
external examination thereof, and report in writing to the
Magistrate, who may,if he considers it necessary , order an
autopsy, the medical officer making which shall further report
to the Magistrate on the cause of death.
6. Whenever any person shall die suddenly, or by accident Sudden or
or violence, or under suspicious circumstances, or whenever violent
deaths.
any dead body shall be found within the Colony or shall be (sre No.7 of
brought into the Colony, the Magistrate may , if he considers 1889. ]
an enquiry to be necessary, enquire into the cause of death of
such person without a jury, or if he shall think fit with a jury
of three persons as hereinafter provided, and ( in his discretion )
with or without view of the body, and may determine the cause