Acts and Regulations

C-23 - Coroners Act

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Undertaker
5(1)If a person has reason to believe that another person died in any of the circumstances mentioned in section 4, no person shall embalm, cremate, apply any chemical externally or internally to, or make any alteration of any kind to the body of the deceased or remove any part from the body of the deceased for the purposes of the Human Tissue Gift Act until a coroner so directs.
5(2)A person who violates or fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence punishable under Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category I offence.
1971, c.20, s.4; 1990, c.61, s.28; 2004, c.H-12.5, s.13; 2023, c.4, s.7
Undertaker
5(1)Where he has reason to believe that a person died in any of the circumstances mentioned in section 4, no person shall embalm, cremate, apply any chemical externally or internally to, or make any alteration of any kind to the body of the deceased or remove any part from the body of the deceased for the purposes of the Human Tissue Gift Act until a coroner so directs.
5(2)A person who violates or fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence punishable under Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category I offence.
1971, c.20, s.4; 1990, c.61, s.28; 2004, c.H-12.5, s.13
Undertaker
5(1)Where he has reason to believe that a person died in any of the circumstances mentioned in section 4, no person shall embalm, cremate, apply any chemical externally or internally to, or make any alteration of any kind to the body of the deceased or remove any part from the body of the deceased for the purposes of the Human Tissue Gift Act until a coroner so directs.
5(2)A person who violates or fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence punishable under Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category I offence.
1971, c.20, s.4; 1990, c.61, s.28; 2004, c.H-12.5, s.13