Inquests Act definition

Inquests Act means the Inquests Act, 1993 (Act No. 6 of 1993);
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Inquests Act. ’ means the Inquests Act, 1959 (Act No. 58 of 1959); ‘‘inspector’’ means an inspector designated in terms of section 88(1); ‘‘investigator’’ means a person appointed under section 26;
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Inquests Act means the Inquests Act, 1959 (Act No. 58 of 1959);
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Examples of Inquests Act in a sentence

  • Upon receipt of a report referred to in subsection (10), the attorney-general shall deal therewith in accordance with the provisions of the Inquests Act, 1959 (Act No. 58 of 1959), or the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977), as the case may be.

  • An employer shall permit an employee who is summoned to serve as a member of a jury in pursuance of any provision of the Jury Act 1980 or section 8 of the Coroners of Inquests Act 1987 to take time off during the employee’s working hours for the purpose of obeying the summons.

  • Upon receipt of a report referred to in sub-section (10), the attorney-general shall deal therewith in accordance with the provisions of the Inquests Act, 1959 (Act No. 58 of 1959), or the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977), as the case may be.

  • Department of Labour(2) At such a joint inquiry and inquest the judicial officer shall preside and thereupon the provisions of the Inquests Act, 1959, shall apply, but the inspector and the judicial officer shall each make the report required of them by section 32 (9) and that Act, respectively.

  • A fine imposed under this section shall be applied as a fine imposed by a criminal court.Coroners of Inquests Act 1987 Section 20 20 Financial provisions‌(1) All expenses reasonably and properly incurred in connection with coroners and the holding of coroners’ courts, and by coroners in the course of their duties, shall be defrayed out of money provided by Tynwald.(2) There shall be paid to coroners out of money provided by Tynwald such remuneration as Tynwald may determine.

  • Any policeman who, in terms of section 3 of the Inquests Act, 1959 (Act 58 of 1959), investigates or causes to be investigated the circumstances of the death of any person who presumably died from other than natural causes, shall as soon as possible furnish the magistrate of the district in which the death occurred with the prescribed particulars in respect of that death, except the cause of death.

  • This section shall not be construed as affecting the functions of magistrates in terms of the Inquests Act [Chapter 7:07], but where an occurrence involving loss of life is inquired into under this Act by a magistrate, the inquiry held under this Act may be a joint inquiry of the board and inquest of the magistrate.

  • All inquiries into sudden deaths or other deaths reported under section 7 shall be carried out by such persons as are authorised under, and in such manner as is provided for by, the Inquests Act.

  • Subject to these by-laws, the provisions of an exhumation order given in terms of the Inquests Act, 1959 (Act 58 of 1959), section46 of the Health Act, or any other provision of any law relating to the exhumation of bodies, no person shall disturb any mortal remains or any ground surrounding them in any cemetery.

  • Deaths that are the result of suicide or accident, generally reside under the provisions of the Inquests Act, with the presiding judicial officer (inquest magistrate), concluding the proceedings by making formal findings pertaining to the identity of the deceased, the date and place of death, the medical cause of death and whether any other individual may be held criminally liable for the death.

Related to Inquests Act

  • WHS Act means the Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 (NT) and includes subordinate legislation made under that Act including regulations and approved codes of practice as well as any amendment, re-enactment or replacement of such Act ; and

  • OHS Act means the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004;

  • FAIS Act means the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002 (Act No. 37 of 2002);

  • the 1961 Act means the Land Compensation Act 1961(d); “the 1965 Act” means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965(e); “the 1980 Act” means the Highways Act 1980(f);

  • the 1981 Act which means the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981.

  • the 1988 Act means the Local Government Finance Act 1988.

  • the 1998 Act means the Social Security Act 1998;

  • Consumer Protection Act means the Consumer Protection Act, No 68 of 2008;

  • TIF Act means the Real Property Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 99.800 to 99.865, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended.

  • PBR Act means the Plant Breeder’s Rights Xxx 0000 (Cth) as amended from time to time.

  • the 1977 Act means the National Health Service Act 1977;

  • the 2007 Act means the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007;

  • Banks Act means the Banks Act, 1990 (Act No. 94 of 1990);

  • the 1978 Act means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29),

  • Federal Clean Air Act means Chapter 85 (§ 7401 et seq.) of Title 42 of the United States Code.

  • the 1974 Act means the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;

  • PPS Act means the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth).

  • the 1965 Act means the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965(2);

  • the 1991 Act means the Water Industry Act 1991(a);

  • the 2007 Regulations means the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General Regulations 2007;

  • Labour Relations Act means the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995);

  • FOI Act means the Freedom of Information Xxx 0000 and any subordinate legislation made under this Act from time to time together with any guidance and/or codes of practice issued by the Information Commissioner in relation to such legislation;

  • the 1997 Act means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 8);

  • the 1985 Act means the Companies Act 1985;

  • the 1972 Act means the Local Government Act 1972.

  • FMC Act means the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013.