Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part 8
308. Death of person in custody of police or in psychiatric facility
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 307, when any person dies while in the custody of the police or in a psychiatric facility or prison, the officer who had the custody of such person or was in charge of the psychiatric facility or prison, as the case may be, shall forthwith give intimation of the death to the nearest Magistrate, and the Magistrate or some other Magistrate shall, in the case of death in the custody of the police, and in other cases may, if he thinks expedient, hold an inquest into the cause of death and for such purpose may designate any person to make the investigation and report referred to in section 303 and that person shall for the purposes of the investigation be deemed to be a police officer.
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;
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;
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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