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Preamble1 - Coroners Act, 1871
Section1 - SHORT TITLE - This Act may be called The Coroners Act, 1871.2[ * * * * * * ]
Section2 - REPEAL OF ENACTMENTS - [Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1873
Section3 - CORONERS OF CALCUTTA AND BOMBAY - Within the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of each of the
Section4 - THEIR APPOINTMENT, SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL - Every such officer shall be appointed and may be suspended or removed by
Section5 - CORONERS TO BE PUBLIC SERVANTS - Every Coroner shall be deemed a public servant within the meaning of the Indian Penal
Section6 - POWER TO HOLD OTHER OFFICES - Any Coroner may hold simultaneously any other office under Government
Section7 - OATH TO BE TAKEN BY CORONER - [Repealed by the Indian Oaths Act, 1873
Section8 - JURISDICTION TO INQUIRE INTO DEATHS - When a Coroner6[has reason to believe] that the death of any person has been
Section9 - CORONER TO BE SENT FOR WHEN PRISONER DIES - Whenever a prisoner dies in a prison situate within the place for which a
Section10 - POWER TO HOLD INQUESTS ON BOIDES WITHIN LOCAL LIMITS WHEREVER CAUSE OF DEATH OCCURRED - Whenever an inquest ought to be
Section11 - POWER TO ORDER BODY TO BE DISINTERRED - A Coroner may order a body to be disinterred within a reasonable time after the
Section12 - SUMMONING JURY - On receiving notice of any death mentioned in Section 8-, the Coroner shall summon five, seven, nine,
Section13 - OPENING COURT - When the time arrives, the Coroner shall proceed to the place so specified, open the Court by
Section14 - JURORS TO BE SWORN - When a sufficient jury is in attendance, he shall administer an oath to each juror to give a true
Section15 - VIEW OF BODY The Coroner and the jury shall view and examine the body at the first sitting of the inquest, and the
Section16 - PROCLAMATION FOR WITNESSES - The Coroner shall then make proclamation for the attendance of witnesses, or, where the
Section17 - SUMMONING WITNESSES -15[It shall be the duty of all persons acquainted with the circumstances attending the death to
Section18 - POST MORTEM EXAMINATIONS - The Coroner may direct the performance of a post- mortem examination with or without an
Section19 - EVIDENCE TO BE ON OATH. EVIDENCE ON BEHALF OF ACCUSED - All evidence given under this Act shall be on oath, and the
Section20 - CORONER TO TAKE DOWN EVIDENCE IN WRITING - The Coroner shall commit to writing the material parts of the evidence given
Section21 - ADJOURNMENT OF INQUEST - The Coroner may adjourn the inquest from time to time, and from place to place. Juror's
Section22 - CORONER TO SUM UP TO JURY - When all the witnesses have been examined, the Coroner shall sum up the evidence to the
Section23 - CORONER TO DRAW UP INQUISITION - When the verdict is delivered the Coroner shall draw up the inquisition according to
Section24 - CONTENTS OF INQUISITION - Every inquisition under this Act shall be signed by the Coroner with his name and style of
Section25 - PROCEDURE WHERE DEATH IS FOUND DUE TO AN ACT AMOUNTING TO AN OFFENCE - When the jury or a majority of the jury find
Section26 - POWER TO ARREST AND COMMIT FOR TRIAL - The Coroner may also, where the verdict justifies him in so doing, issue his
Section27 - POWER TO ACCEPT BAIL - [Repealed by the Coroners
Section28 - WARRANT FOR BURIAL - When the proceedings are closed, or before, if it be necessary to adjourn the inquest, the Coroner
Section29 - INQUISITIONS NOT TO BE QUASHED FOR WANT OF FORM No inquisition found upon or by any inquest shall be quashed for any
Section30 - CESSATION OF JURISDICTION AS TO TREASURE -TROVE, WRECKS, ETC It shall no longer be the duty of the Coroner to inquire
Section31 - FINE ON JUROR NEGLECTING TO ATTEND - Whenever any person has been duly summoned to appear as a juror by a Coroner, and
Section32 - CERTIFICATE AS TO DEFAULTING JUROR - The Coroner shall make out and sign a certificate, containing the name and
Section33 - LEVY OF FINE - Thereupon such Magistrate shall cause the fine to be levied in the same manner as if it had been imposed
Section34 - JURORS NOT TO BE SUMMONED TWICE WITHIN THE YEAR - Unless in case of necessity, no person who has appeared, or has been
Section35 - JURORS ON INQUEST ON PRISONER - When an inquest is held on the body of a prisoner dying within a prison, no officer of
Chapter05 - : RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF CORONERS
Section36 - CORONER'S SALARY - Every Coroner shall be entitled to such salary for the performance of the duty of his office as is
Section37 - DISBURSEMENTS TO BE REPAID - All disbursements duly made by a Coroner for fees to medical witnesses, hire of rooms for
Section38 - POWER TO APPOINT DEPUTY - Every Coroner may from time to time, with the previous sanction of the26[State Government,]
Section39 - EXEMPTION FROM SERVING ON JURIES - No Coroner or Deputy Coroner shall be liable to serve as a juror
Section40 - PRIVILEGE FROM ARREST - Coroners and Deputy Coroners shall be privileged from arrest while engaged in the discharge of
Section41 - PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ACT - Any Coroner or Deputy Coroner failing to comply with the provisions of this
Section42 - LIMITATION OF SUITS - No proceeding for anything done under this Act, or for any failure to comply with its provisions
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