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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

CORONERS ACT, 1871 Chapter IV

CORONERS' JURIES

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CORONERS ACT, 1871 Chapter IV is part of CORONERS ACT, 1871 - CORONERS' JURIES. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Whenever any person has been duly summoned to appear as a juror by a Coroner, and fails or neglects to attend at the time and place specified in the summons, the Coroner may cause him to be openly called in his Court three times to appear and serve as a juror; and upon the non-appearance of such person, and proof that such summons has been served upon him or left at his usual place of abode, may impose such fine upon the defaulter, not exceeding fifty rupees, as to the Coroner seems fit.

Section 32 - Certificate as to defaulting juror

The Coroner shall make out and sign a certificate, containing the name and surname, the residence and trade or calling of every person so making default, together with the amount of the fine so imposed, and the cause of such fine,

and shall send such certificate to one of the Magistrates of the place of which he is the Coroner,

Service of copy of certificate.- and shall cause a copy of such certificate to be served upon the person so fined, by having it left at his usual place of residence, or by sending the same through the Post Office, addressed as aforesaid and registered.

Section 33 - Levy of fine

Thereupon such Magistrate shall cause the fine to be levied in the same manner as if it had been imposed by himself.

Section 34 - Jurors not to be summoned twice within the year

Unless in case of necessity, no person who has appeared, or has been summoned to appear, as a juror on an inquest, and has not made default shall, within one year after such appearance or summons, be summoned to appear as a juror under this Act.

Section 35 - Jurors on inquest on prisoner

When an inquest is held on the body of a prisoner dying within a prison, no officer of the prison and no prisoner confined therein shall be a juror on such inquest.

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What does CORONERS ACT, 1871 Chapter IV provide?

Section Chapter IV of the CORONERS ACT, 1871 (CORONERS' JURIES) is reproduced on this page as part of the CORONERS ACT, 1871. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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