Section 38
Power to appoint deputy.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to Coroners.
Every Coroner may from time to
time, with the previous sanction of the State Government, appoint, by writing under his hand, a proper
person to act for him as his deputy in the holding of inquests.
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All inquests taken and other acts done by any such deputy, under or by virtue of any such appointment, shall be deemed to be the acts of the Coroner appointing him:
Provided that no such deputy shall act for any such Coroner except during the illness of the said Coroner, or during his absence for any lawful and reasonable cause.
Every such appointment may at any time be cancelled and revoked by the Coroner by whom it was made.
All inquests taken and other acts done by any such deputy, under or by virtue of any such appointment, shall be deemed to be the acts of the Coroner appointing him:
Provided that no such deputy shall act for any such Coroner except during the illness of the said Coroner, or during his absence for any lawful and reasonable cause.
Every such appointment may at any time be cancelled and revoked by the Coroner by whom it was made.
Notes
1. The words “and such deputy shall take and subscribe, before one of the Judges of the High Court, an oath that he will faithfully discharge the duties of office” were rep. by Act 18 of 1873.