Report of death to Coroner

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(1) When a person dies—
- (a) in a prison situate within the local limits of the Coroner's jurisdiction, the Superintendent of the prison,
- (b) whilst in the custody of the police, the police officer in charge of the section concerned,
- (c) in any of the places referred to in clause
- (dd) of sub-section
(1) of section 9, the Superintendent where there is a Superintendent appointed for such place and elsewhere, the person in charge of the place, shall report the death to the Coroner and await his orders before the body is disposed of.
(2) Any Superintendent of prison, or any such police officer or any Superintendent or person in charge of the place referred to in clause
- (dd) of sub-section
(1) of section 9, who fails to comply with the requirements in sub-section
(1) shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be punished with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.

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