Central Bare Acts 1871

Coroners Act, 1871

State: Central

Year: 1871

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- SHORT TITLE - This Act may be called The Coroners Act, 1871.2[ * * * * * * ] Section2 - REPEAL OF ENACTMENTS - [Repealed by the Repealing Act, 1873 Section3 - CORONERS OF CALCUTTA AND BOMBAY - Within the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of each of the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- Any Coroner may hold simultaneously any other office under Government Section7 - OATH TO BE TAKEN BY CORONER - [Repealed by the Indian Oaths Act, 1873 Section8 - JURISDICTION TO INQUIRE INTO DEATHS - When a Coroner6[has reason to believe] that the death of any person has been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.....

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