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C-23 - Coroners Act

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23(1)The coroner and jury shall, at the first sittings of the inquest view the body, after which the coroner shall examine under oath or solemn affirmation all persons who tender their evidence respecting the facts touching the death, and all persons whom the coroner thinks expedient to examine as being likely to have knowledge of relevant facts.
23(2)It is not necessary for a jury to view the body upon which an inquest is being held if the coroner directs that the viewing of the body is dispensed with.
R.S., c.41, s.20; 1963 (2nd Sess.), c.14, s.2; 1971, c.20, s.17; 2019, c.12, s.5; 2023, c.4, s.24
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23(1)The coroner and jury shall, at the first sittings of the inquest view the body, after which the coroner shall examine under oath or solemn affirmation all persons who tender their evidence respecting the facts touching the death, and all persons whom he thinks expedient to examine as being likely to have knowledge of relevant facts.
23(2)It is not necessary for a jury to view the body upon which an inquest is being held if the coroner directs that the viewing of the body is dispensed with.
R.S., c.41, s.20; 1963 (2nd Sess.), c.14, s.2; 1971, c.20, s.17; 2019, c.12, s.5
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23(1)The coroner and jury shall, at the first sittings of the inquest view the body, after which the coroner shall examine upon oath, or in cases where affirmation is allowed on affirmation, all persons who tender their evidence respecting the facts touching the death, and all persons whom he thinks expedient to examine as being likely to have knowledge of relevant facts.
23(2)It is not necessary for a jury to view the body upon which an inquest is being held if the coroner directs that the viewing of the body is dispensed with.
R.S., c.41, s.20; 1963 (2nd Sess.), c.14, s.2; 1971, c.20, s.17
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23(1)The coroner and jury shall, at the first sittings of the inquest view the body, after which the coroner shall examine upon oath, or in cases where affirmation is allowed on affirmation, all persons who tender their evidence respecting the facts touching the death, and all persons whom he thinks expedient to examine as being likely to have knowledge of relevant facts.
23(2)It is not necessary for a jury to view the body upon which an inquest is being held if the coroner directs that the viewing of the body is dispensed with.
R.S., c.41, s.20; 1963(2nd Sess.), c.14, s.2; 1971, c.20, s.17