Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959
1Administration of matters relating to coroners.
2Appointment of coroners, etc.
2AAppointment of Presiding coroner
3Power to amalgamate districts.
S. 4 rep. by 1978 c. 23
5Administrative expenses.
5AIndemnity.
6Coroner to hold inquests in district to which he is appointed.
7Duty to give information to coroner.
8Police to inform coroner.
9Cremation, etc., prohibited.
10Enforcement of ss.7 and 9.
11Coroner may take possession of body.
12Coroner may order deposit of body.
13Coroner may hold inquest.
14Inquest on order of Attorney General.
15Inquest without exhuming body.
16Inquest where body cannot be found.
17APower to require evidence to be given or produced
17BGiving or producing evidence: further provision
17COffences relating to evidence
18Jury must be summoned in certain cases.
19Service of summonses.
20Provisions as to Jurymen and witnesses.
21Number of jurors.
22View of body on inquest.
23Certificate to registrar of deaths following inquest.
24Authority for burial where inquest unnecessary.
25Removal of body outside Northern Ireland.
26Lord Chancellor to keep list of anatomists and pathologists.
27Post-mortem examination.
28Post-mortem examination without inquest.
29Report on examination.
30Coroner may order analysis.
31Verdicts.
32Power of coroner to arrange for removal of body out of his jurisdiction.
33Inquest on treasure trove.
34Powers of attachment, committal, etc.
35Recovery of fines.
36Rules and fees.
36AControl of rules
S. 37 rep. by 1975 c. 25
S. 38 rep. by SLR 1973
39Savings.
40Interpretation.
S. 41 rep. by SLR 1973
42Short title.
SCHEDULES
Schedule rep. by SLR 1973

Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959

1959 Chapter 15

An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to coroners.

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