Act Number: 4

Act Name: The Coroners Act, 1871

Year: 1871

Enactment Date: 1871-01-27

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to Coroners.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 10: Power to hold inquests on bodies within local limit wherever cause of death occurred.
    Whenever an inquest ought to be holden on any body lying dead within the local limits of the jurisdiction of any Coroner, he shall hold such inquest, whether or not the cause of death arose within his jurisdiction.
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