TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government Enacted1871

Coroners Act, 1871 Section 11

Power to Order Body to Be Disinterred.

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A Coroner may order a body to be disinterred within a reasonable time after the death of the deceased person either for the purpose of taking an original inquisition where none has been taken, or a further inquisition {Subs. by s.3, ibid., for "where the first was insufficient"} [where the Coroner considers it necessary or desirable in the interests of justice to take a further inquisition].