Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Special Proceedings
297. Post-mortem examination of body
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
On receiving the information referred in section 296. a medical officer shall, as soon as practicable. make post-ntortem examination of the body of the deceased.
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);
The medical officer shall, if it is necessary in order to ascertain the cause of death. extend the examination to the dissection of the body and an analysis of any portion thereof, and may cause any portion thereof to be transmitted to the Director General of Medical Services.
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.
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.
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);