Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part 8
303. Duty of officer in charge of station
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
If an officer in charge of a police station receives information that -
a person has committed suicide;
a person has been killed by another, or by an animal, or by machinery, or by an accident;
a person has died under circumstances in which some other person may have committed an offence; or
a person has died or has disappeared in circumstances which raise reasonable presumption that he has died, and the cause of such death or presumed death is not known, he shall -
immediately give information thereof to a
Magistrate and himself immediately proceed or shall direct some other police officer immediately to proceed to the place where the body of such deceased person is, or, if the body has disappeared,
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there make an investigation and draw up a report of the apparent cause of death, describing, if the body is available, such wounds, fractures, bruises and other marks as may be found thereon, and stating in what manner or by what weapon or instrument (if any) the same appear to have been inflicted, and, whether the body is available or not, giving an account of such objects and circumstances as in his opinion may relate to the cause of death or the person (if any) who caused the death:
Provided that if no police officer is available to make the investigation required by this subsection, a Magistrate may direct a fit and proper person
(in this section referred to as an authorised officer) to carry out such investigation and to draw up the report and forward it to the officer in charge of the police station:
Provided further that if the Magistrate is satisfied that no useful purpose would be served by any person proceeding to the place where the body is or, if the body has disappeared, to the place where the body was last seen alive, he may by order in writing under his hand dispense with such requirement.
Any police or authorised officer malung an investigation under this section may exercise all the powers granted to a police officer under the provisions of Chapter XIII.
police officer
"police officer" means any member of the Royal Brunei Police Force, and includes a special police officer when mobilised or deemed to be mobilised for active service and any person vested under any written law with the powers of a police officer;
A report of such investigation shall be made and signed by the officer in charge of the police station and forwarded by him to the
Magistrate:
Magistrate
"Magistrate" means a Magistrate appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under the Subordinate Courts Act or under any written law;
Provided that if as a result of the investigation the officer drafts a charge under section 123 in respect of the death of such person, he shall forward the report to the Public Prosecutor and shall inform the Magistrate in writing of the commencement of such proceedings.
Terms defined in this Act
cause of death
Defined · s 302"cause of death" include not only the apparent cause of death as ascertainable by inspection or post mortem examination of the body of the deceased, but also all matters necessary to enable an opinion to be formed how the deceased came by his death and whether his death resulted in any way from, or was accelerated by, any unlawful act or omission on the part of any other person.
Magistrate
Defined · s 2"Magistrate" means a Magistrate appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under the Subordinate Courts Act or under any written law;
offence
Defined · s 2"offence" means any act or omission made punishable by any other written law for the time being in force…
police officer
Defined · s 2"police officer" means any member of the Royal Brunei Police Force, and includes a special police officer when mobilised or deemed to be mobilised for active service and any person vested under any written law with the powers of a police officer;
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