Criminal Procedure Code
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all matters necessary to enable an opinion to be formed as to
the manner in which the deceased came by his death and as to
whether his death resulted in any way from, or was accelerated
by, any unlawful act or omission on the part of any other person.
Duty of police officer to investigate death
329. (1) Every officer in charge of a police station on receiving
information—
(a)
that a person has committed suicide;
(b)
that a person has been killed by another, or by an animal,
or by machinery, or by an accident;
(c)
that a person has died under circumstances raising a
reasonable suspicion that some other person has committed
an offence;
(d)
that the body of a dead person has been found, and it is
not known how he came by his death; or
(e)
that a person has died a sudden death,
shall with the least practical delay transmit such information to
the Officer in charge of the Police District.
(2) On receipt of the information the Officer in charge of
the Police District or some other police officer acting under his
directions and being either the officer in charge of a police station
or a police officer not below the rank of sergeant shall immediately
proceed to the place where the body of the deceased person is
and there shall make an investigation and draw up report of the
apparent cause of death, describing the wounds, fractures, bruises
and other marks of injury as may be found on the body, and such
marks, objects and circumstances as, in his opinion, may relate to
the cause of death or the person, if any, who caused the death,
and stating in what manner or by what weapon or instrument, if
any, the marks appear to have been inflicted.
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