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Home Bare Acts Phrase: coronerCoroners Act, 1871 Chapter III
Title: Duties and Powers of Coroners
State: Central
Year: 1871
.....and give evidence or produce such document on the inquest. Any person disobeying such summons shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 174, section 175 or section 176 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), as the case may be.] For the purpose of causing prisoners to be brought up to give evidence, the Coroner shall be deemed a Criminal Court within the meaning of {Subs by Act 4 of 1938 for "Act No.XV of 1869 (to provide facilities for obtaining the evidence and appearance of prisoners and for service of process upon them)".} [Part IX {Now see the Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act, 1955 (32 of 1955)} of the Prisoners Act, 1900 (3 of 1900)]. Section 18 - Post-mortem examinations.Fees to medical witnesses. The Coroner may direct the performance of a post-mortem examination with or without an analysis of the contents of the stomach or intestines by any medical witness summoned to attend the inquest: and every medical witness, other than the Chemical Examiner to Government, shall be entitled to such reasonable remuneration as the Coroner thinks fit. Section 18A - Report of Chemical Examiner {Ins. by Act 4 of 1908, s.6.} Any document purporting to be.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionCoroners Act, 1871 Chapter V
Title: Rights and Liabilities of Coroners
State: Central
Year: 1871
.....in the discharge of their official duty. Section 41 - Penalty for failure to comply with Act Any Coroner or Deputy Coroner failing to comply with the provisions of this Act, or otherwise misconducting himself in the execution of his office, shall be liable to such fine as the Chief Justice of the High Court, upon summary examination and proof of the failure or misconduct, thinks fit to impose. Section 42 - Limitation of suits No proceeding for anything done under this Act, or for any failure to comply with its provisions, shall be commenced or prosecuted {The words "after the expiration of three months from such fact or failure nor" were rep.by Act 9 of 1871} after tender of sufficient amends.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionCoroners Act, 1871 Chapter II
Title: Appointment of Coroners
State: Central
Year: 1871
{Subs. by Act 5 of 1889, s. 2, for the original section.} Within the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of each of the High Courts of Judicature at Fort William and Bombay there shall be a Coroner. Such Coroners shall be called respectively the Coroner of Calcutta and the Coroner of Bombay.] Section 4 - Their appointment, suspension and removal Every such officer shall be appointed and may be suspended or removed by the State Government {The words "Every person now holding such office shall be deemed to have been appointed under this Act" were rep.by Act 12 of 1891.}. Section 5 - Coroners to be public servants Every Coroner shall be deemed a public servant within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860). Section 6 - Power to hold other offices. Any Coroner may hold simultaneously any other office under Government. Section 7 - [Repealed] [Oath to be taken by coroner.] Rep. by the Indian Oaths Act, 1873 (10 of 1873).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionCoroners Act, 1871 Complete Act
Title: Coroners Act, 1871
State: Central
Year: 1871
..... Section28 - Warrant for burial Section29 - Inquisitions not be quashed for want of form Section30 - Cessation of jurisdiction as to treasure trove, wrecks, etc Chapter IV Section31 - Fine on juror neglecting to attend Section32 - Certificate as to defaulting juror Section33 - Levy of fine Section34 - Jurors not to be summoned twice within the year Section35 - Jurors on inquest on prisoner Chapter V Section36 - Coroners salary Section37 - Disbursements to be repaid Section38 - Power to appoint deputy Section39 - Privilege from arrest Section40 - Penalty for failure to comply with Act Section41 - Penalty for failure to comply with Act Section42 - Limitation of suits ScheduleI - FIRST SCHEDULE ScheduleII - SECOND SCHEDULE
List Judgments citing this sectionCoroners Act, 1871 Section 20
Title: Coroner to Take Down Evidence in Writing
State: Central
Year: 1871
The Coroner shall commit to writing the material parts of the evidence given to the jury, and shall read or cause to be read over such parts to the witness and then procure his signature thereto. Witnesses to sign depositions.- Any witnesses refusing so to sign shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 180 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860). Coroner to subscribe depositions.- Every such deposition shall be subscribed by the Coroner. Coroner a Magistrate.- {Ins. by Act 10 of 1881, s.7.}[For the purposes of section 26 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872),a Coroner shall be deemed to be a Magistrate.]
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionCORONERS ACT, 1871 Chapter IV
Title: CORONERS' JURIES
State: Central
Year: 1871
.....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.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionCoroners Act, 1871 Section 3
Title: Coroners of Calcutta and Bombay
State: Central
Year: 1871
{Subs. by Act 5 of 1889, s. 2, for the original section.} Within the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of each of the High Courts of Judicature at Fort William and Bombay there shall be a Coroner. Such Coroners shall be called respectively the Coroner of Calcutta and the Coroner of Bombay.]
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionCoroners Act, 1871 Preamble 1
Title: Coroners Act, 1871
State: Central
Year: 1871
THE CORONERS Act, 1871 [Act, No. 4 of 1871]1 [AS ON 1956] [27th January, 1871] PREAMBLE An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to Coroners. WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the laws relating to Coroners in the Presidency-towns; It is hereby enacted as follows:-- ________________________ 1. This Act has been amended in the Presidency-town of Bombay by Bombay Act 13 of 1930, in the Bombay State by Bombay Act 25 of 1942, and in West Bengal by Bengal Act 7 of 1944.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionCoroners Act, 1871 Section 9
Title: Coroner to Be Sent for when Prisoner Dies
State: Central
Year: 1871
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 is {Subs. by Act 4 of 1908, s.2, for "buried"} [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.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionCoroners Act, 1871 Section 5
Title: Coroners to Be Public Servants
State: Central
Year: 1871
Every Coroner shall be deemed a public servant within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
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