Acts and Regulations

C-23 - Coroners Act

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Exhumation of body
27.1(1)Notwithstanding anything in the Cemetery Companies Act, the Minister may, at any time that the Minister considers it necessary for the purposes of an investigation or an inquest, direct that a body be exhumed under and subject to such conditions as the Minister considers proper.
27.1(2)Notwithstanding anything in the Cemetery Companies Act, where a coroner has issued a warrant under subsection 10(2), the Chief Coroner may direct that the body that is the subject of the inquest be exhumed under and subject to such conditions as the Chief Coroner considers proper.
27.1(3)Subject to subsection 2(5) and subsection (2), no coroner may direct that a body be exhumed.
1988, c.8, s.4; 2023, c.4, s.28
Exhumation of body
27.1(1)Notwithstanding anything in the Cemetery Companies Act, the Minister may, at any time that he considers it necessary for the purposes of an investigation or an inquest, direct that a body be exhumed under and subject to such conditions as the Minister considers proper.
27.1(2)Notwithstanding anything in the Cemetery Companies Act, where a coroner has issued a warrant under subsection 10(2), the Chief Coroner may direct that the body that is the subject of the inquest be exhumed under and subject to such conditions as the Chief Coroner considers proper.
27.1(3)Subject to subsection 2(5) and subsection (2), no coroner may direct that a body be exhumed.
1988, c.8, s.4
Exhumation of body
27.1(1)Notwithstanding anything in the Cemetery Companies Act, the Minister may, at any time that he considers it necessary for the purposes of an investigation or an inquest, direct that a body be exhumed under and subject to such conditions as the Minister considers proper.
27.1(2)Notwithstanding anything in the Cemetery Companies Act, where a coroner has issued a warrant under subsection 10(2), the Chief Coroner may direct that the body that is the subject of the inquest be exhumed under and subject to such conditions as the Chief Coroner considers proper.
27.1(3)Subject to subsection 2(5) and subsection (2), no coroner may direct that a body be exhumed.
1988, c.8, s.4