Coroners Act ,1871

Act No : 4

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Section : CORONER TO BE SENT FOR WHEN PRISONER DIES

SECTION 09: CORONER TO BE SENT FOR WHEN PRISONER DIES

- Whenever a prisoner dies in a prison situate within the place for which a Coroner is so appointed, the Superintendent of the prison shall send for the Coroner before the body is8[disposed of]. Any Superintendent failing herein shall on conviction before a Magistrate be punished with fine not exceeding five hundred rupees. Nothing in the former part of this section applies to cases in which the death has been caused by cholera or other epidemic disease.

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