Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Special Proceedings
296. Duty of officer to arrange for post-mortem examination in certain cases
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Every officer making an investigation under section 295 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 that 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 post-mortem examination of the body by a medical officer.
medical officer
"medical officer" means a person registered under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act ' and includes a Medical Officer appointed under section 14 of the Prisons Act (Chapter 5 1);
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If such officer 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 dealt with according to Hukum
cause of death
"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.
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The officer making the investigation shall not remove the body if it appears to him that it should be viewed by a Syariah Subordinate Court
Judge in the place where it was found.
Judge
"Judge", for the purposes of sections 122 and 249, means a Syar'ie Judge or Judge of the Supreme Court, as the case may be;
Terms defined in this Act
cause of death
Defined · s 294"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.
Judge
Defined · s 2"Judge", for the purposes of sections 122 and 249, means a Syar'ie Judge or Judge of the Supreme Court, as the case may be;
medical officer
Defined · s 2"medical officer" means a person registered under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act ' and includes a Medical Officer appointed under section 14 of the Prisons Act (Chapter 5 1);