Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part 8
304. Duty of officer to arrange for post mortem examination in certain cases
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Every person making an investigation under section 303
shall, if there appears to him any reason to suspect that -
the deceased came by his death in a sudden or unnatural manner or by violence; or
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.
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.
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;
Where it is not practicable to obtain the services of a medical officer, a hospital assistant may perform the duties required by this section.
medical officer
"medical officer" means a registered medical practitioner employed by Government and if no such oficer is available then any other duly registered medical practitioner or any hospital assistant authorised by the Director-General of Medical Services either generally or for any specific purpose to exercise the functions of a medical officer under this Code;
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;
medical officer
Defined · s 2"medical officer" means a registered medical practitioner employed by Government and if no such oficer is available then any other duly registered medical practitioner or any hospital assistant authorised by the Director-General of Medical Services either generally or for any specific purpose to exercise the functions of a medical officer under this Code;
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