Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Special Proceedings
298. Report of medical officer
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The medical officer making any such examination shall draw up a report of the appearance of the body and of the conclusion which he draws therefrom. and shall certify as to the cause of death and shall date. sign the report and transmit it to the Syariah Subordinate Court Judge. Chief
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);
Religious Enforcement Officer or officer in charge of a police station who shall attach it to the report forwarded under section 295.
Religious Enforcement Officer
"Religious Enforcement Officer" has the same meaning assigned to it under the Syariah Courts Act;
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.
Chief Religious Enforcement Officer
Defined · s 2"Chief Religious Enforcement Officer" means the Chief Religious Enforcement Officer appointed under section 26 of the Syariah Courts Act;
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);