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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AMENDMENT ACT - SECT 5

Coroner's inquest on body.

5. The coroner of the jurisdiction to which the prison belongs wherein
judgment of death is executed on any offender shall within twenty-four hours
after the execution hold an inquest on the body of the offender; and the jury
at the inquest shall inquire into and ascertain the identity of the body, and
whether judgment of death was duly executed on the offender; and the
inquisition shall be in duplicate, and one of the originals shall be delivered
to the [under-sheriff]....

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