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Infectious Diseases Act · s 9

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s 9Post-mortem examination

Where any person has died whilst being, or suspected of being, a case or carrier or contact of an infectious disease, the Director-General may order a post-mortem examination of the body of that person for the purpose of —

(a)

determining the cause or circumstances of the death of that person; or

(b)

investigating into any outbreak or suspected outbreak of, or preventing the spread of, that disease.

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