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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

.....is hereby enacted as follows: CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY. SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE This act may be called the coroners act, 1871. SECTION 02: (REPEAL OF ENACTMENTS.) Rep act X of 1873. CHAPTER II APPOINTMENT OF CORONERS SECTION 03: CORONERS OF CALCUTTA AND BOMBAY (1) 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. (2) The State Government may, from tune to time direct that there shall be one or more Additional Coroners within the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay. Every such Additional Coroner shall be competent to exercise and perform all the powers and duties conferred upon or assigned to the Coroner of Bombay by or under this Actor any other law for the time being in force. SECTION 04: THEIR APPOINTMENT SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL Every such officer shall he appointed and may be suspended or removed by the State Government. SECTION 04A: POWER OF CORONER OF BOMBAY TO DISTRIBUTE WORK BETWEEN HIMSELF AND ADDITIONAL CORONER.....

Coroners Act, 1871 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1871

.....order the removal of the body to any place within his jurisdiction which may have been provided for that purpose - Coroners (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1954 (Bom. Act 69 of 1954), S. 4 (15-11-1954). SECTION 19: EVIDENCE TO BE ON OATH. EVIDENCE ON BEHALF OF ACCUSED - All evidence given under this Act shall be on oath, and the Coroner shall be bound to receive evidence on behalf of the party (if any) accused of causing the death of the deceased person. Interpreter. Witnesses unacquainted with the English language shall be examined through the medium of an interpreter, who shall be sworn to interpret truly as well the oath as the questions put to, and the answers given by, the witnesses. Questions suggested by jury. After each witness has been examined, the Coroner shall inquire whether the jury wish any further questions to be put to the witness, and, if the jury wish that any such questions should be put, the Coroner shall put them accordingly. State Amendments Maharashtra: For Section 19, substitute the following: 19. Evidence to be on oath.- (1) All evidence given under this Act, shall except in the case provided in sub-section (2), be on oath and the Coroner shall be.....

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....(2) of Section 5, for the words 'but subject to any enactment', substitute the words 'but, save as otherwise provided by this Code, subject to any enactment'. [W.B. Act 8 of 1970, Section 3 and Sch., item 2]. (1) All offences under the Indian Penal Code shall be investigated, inquired into, tried and otherwise dealt with according to the provisions hereinafter contained. Trial of offences against other laws (2) All offences under any other law shall be investigated, inquired into, tried, and otherwise dealt with according to the same provisions, but subject to any enactment for the time being in force regulating the manner or place of investigating, inquiring into, trying or otherwise dealing with such offences. PART 2 CONSTITUTION AND POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES: CHAPTER 2: OF THE CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES: SECTION 6: Glasses of Criminal Courts: Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any law other than this Code for the time being in force, there shall be five classes of Criminal Courts in [India], namely,- : State Amendments GUJARAT.-In its application to the State of Gujarat the amendment made in Section 6 is the.....

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.