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Coroners Act, 1871 Section 21

Title: Adjournment of Inquest

State: Central

Year: 1871

The Coroner may adjourn the inquest from time to time, and from place to place. Juror's recognizances.- Whenever the inquest is adjourned the Coroner shall take the recognizances of the jurors to attend at the time and place appointed, and notify to the witnesses when and where the inquest will be proceeded with. The amount of such recognizances shall in each case be fixed by the Coroner {Ins.by Act 4 of 1908, s.7}[and the whole, or such part thereof as to the Coroner seems fit, shall, in default of attendance by the jurors, be recoverable in the same manner as a fine imposed under section 31].

Coroners Act, 1871 Section 10

Title: Power to Hold Inquests on Bodies Within Local Limits Wherever Cause of Death Occurred.

State: Central

Year: 1871

Whenever an inquest ought to be holden on any body lying dead within the local limits of the jurisdiction of any Coroner, he shall hold such inquest, whether or not the cause of death arose within his jurisdiction.

Coroners Act, 1871 Section 35

Title: Jurors on Inquest on Prisoner

State: Central

Year: 1871

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.

Karnataka Medical Registration Act, 1961 Section 23

Title: Exemption from Serving on Inquests, Etc

State: Karnataka

Year: 1961

Notwithstanding anything in any other law for the time being in force, every person who shall be registered under this Act shall be exempt, if he so desires, from serving on any inquest or as a juror under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Central Act V of 1898).

Karnataka Homoeopathic Practitioners Act, 1961 Section 31

Title: Exemption from Serving on Inquests, Etc.

State: Karnataka

Year: 1961

Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, every registered practitioner shall be exempt, if he so desires, from serving on an inquest, or as a juror under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Central Act V of 1898).

The Coroners Act, 1871 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1871

.....8 or 9 and that owing to the destruction of the body, or disposal thereof in contravention of any law for the time being in force, or to the fact that the body is lying in a place from which it can not be recovered, an inquest cannot be held except by virtue of the provisions of this section, he may report the facts to the State Government and the State Government may, if it considers it desirable so to do, direct an inquest to be held touching the death. When such direction is given, an inquest shall be held accordingly by the Coroner and the provisions of this Act shall apply with such modifications as may be necessary in consequence of the inquest being held otherwise than on or after view of the body. SECTION 09: INQUEST BY JURY (1) If it appears to the Coroner either before or in the course of an inquiry wider section 8 that there is reason to suspect" (a) that the deceased came by his death by homicide, suicide or infanticide or (b) that the death was caused by an accident, or poison or machinery; or (c) that the death caused by an occurrence arising out of the use of a vehicle in a street, public road or in a private place; or (d) that the death occurred in a.....

Coroners Act, 1871 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1871

.....act (the last mentioned offence is about to be added to the Penal Code) the Coroner will bind by recognizance any person acquainted with the facts to appear at the next sessions, and prosecute or give evidence. The Coroner will also certify the recognizances and deliver them with the inquisition and evidence to the Court in which the trial is to be. He may also issue his warrant for the apprehension of the accused. The amended Bill expressly abolishes the Coroner's jurisdiction as to treasure-trove and wreacks, and declares that he shall not be liable to execute process. The Coroner of Calcutta will, under the amended Bill, be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal and not by the Governor-General in Council. As to Coroner's juries, we have provided (S. 31) that when an inquest is held on the body of a prisoner, no officer of the prison and no prisoner confined therein shall be ajuror. There is a similar provision in the Schedule to theEnglish Prisons Act (28 and 29 Vic., c. 126) , clause 48. As to a Coroner's rights, we have added three clauses, one providing for repaying his disbursements for fees to medical witnesses, hire of rooms for the jury, and the like;.....

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....as such Magistrate, exercised the powers of an Assistant Sessions Judge, he may be invested with the powers under this section notwithstanding the fact that he has not exercised the powers of Magistrate of the first class for not less than ten years." Act 19 of 1969, Section 3 and Schedule, Item 14 (in Delhi on 2-10-1969). WEST BENGAL In its application to the State of West Bengal, for Section 30, substitute the following, namely: "30. Offences punishment with imprisonment not exceeding seven years.-Notwithstanding any thing contained in Section 28 or Section 29, the State Government may, in consultation with the High Court, invest any Judicial Magistrate of the first class with power to try as a Magistrate all offences not punishable with death or with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years : Provided that no Judicial Magistrate of the first class has, prior to his appointment as such powers unless he has, for not less than ten years, exercised powers not inferior to those of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class : Provided further that if any Judicial Magistrate of the first class has, prior to his appointment as such Magistrate,.....

Coroners 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.....

CORONERS 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.