Criminal Procedure Code · s 304

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304.
Duty of officer to arrange for post mortem examination in certain cases
(1) Every person making an investigation under section 303
shall, if there appears to him any reason to suspect that -

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(a) the deceased came by his death in a sudden or unnatural manner or by violence; or
(b) his death resulted in any way from or was accelerated by any unlawful act or omission on the part of any other person, at once inform the nearest medical officer, and shall take or send the body to the nearest Government hospital or other convenient place for the holding of a apost mortem examination of the body by a medical officer:
Provided that if that person is satisfied as to the cause of death and that the deceased came by his death by accident, or that in all the circumstances of the case including the state of the body and the difficulties of communication, he is of the opinion that no useful purpose would be served by a further examination, he may order the body to be buried forthwith.
(2) The person making the investigation shall not remove the body if it appears to him that it should be viewed by a Magistrate in the place where it was found.
(3) Where it is not practicable to obtain the services of a medical officer, a hospital assistant may perform the duties required by this section.

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s 304Duty of officer to arrange for post mortem examination in certain cases

(1)

Every person making an investigation under section 303

shall, if there appears to him any reason to suspect that -

(a)

the deceased came by his death in a sudden or unnatural manner or by violence; or

(b)

his death resulted in any way from or was accelerated by any unlawful act or omission on the part of any other person, at once inform the nearest medical officer, and shall take or send the body to the nearest Government hospital or other convenient place for the holding of a apost mortem examination of the body by a medical officer:

Provided that if that person is satisfied as to the cause of death and that the deceased came by his death by accident, or that in all the circumstances of the case including the state of the body and the difficulties of communication, he is of the opinion that no useful purpose would be served by a further examination, he may order the body to be buried forthwith.

(2)

The person making the investigation shall not remove the body if it appears to him that it should be viewed by a Magistrate in the place where it was found.

(3)

Where it is not practicable to obtain the services of a medical officer, a hospital assistant may perform the duties required by this section.