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CORONERS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1959 - SECT 12

Coroner may order deposit of body.

12.(1) Where a coroner considers it necessary to hold an inquest on, or
post-mortem examination of, a dead body he may direct that the body shall be
brought into a convenient mortuary or morgue or other suitable place (whether
within or without his district) and may make such arrangements for the
transport thereof as he shall think necessary or desirable; and the person in
charge of such mortuary or morgue or place shall allow the body to be
deposited in it and shall be responsible for the custody thereof until the
inquest or examination shall have been held.

(2) Any person in charge of a mortuary or morgue or place who contravenes this
section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

(3) The removal of a body in pursuance of an order made by a coroner under
this section to any place outside his district shall not affect his powers and
duties in relation to the body or the inquest thereon, nor shall it confer or
impose any rights, powers or duties upon any other coroner.

(4) Expenses reasonably and properly incurred by a coroner in connection with
the transport, deposit and custody of a dead body shall be defrayed as part of
the expenses incurred by him in the course of his duties.

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