Section 11

Power to order body to be disinterred.

The Coroners Act, 1871

  • Act 4 of 1871
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of States
About this Act

An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to Coroners.

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    A Coroner may order a body to be disinterred within a reasonable time after the death of the deceased person either for the purpose of taking an original inquisition where none has been taken, or a further inquisition 1[where the Coroner considers it necessary or desirable in the interests of justice to take a further inquisition].

Notes

1. Subs. by Act 4 of 1908, s. 3, for “where the first was insufficient”.

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