CORONERS ACT 1996 - SECT 25
CORONERS ACT 1996 - SECT 25
25 . Findings and comments of coroner
(1) A coroner
investigating a death must find if possible —
(a) the
identity of the deceased; and
(b) how
death occurred; and
(c) the
cause of death; and
(d) the
particulars needed to register the death under the Births, Deaths and
Marriages Registration Act 1998 .
(1A) However, a
coroner is not under a duty to make a finding under subsection (1)(b) as to
how death occurred, even if it is possible to do so, if —
(a)
there is no duty to hold an inquest into the death under this Act; and
(b) the
coroner determines that there is no public interest to be served in making a
finding as to how the death occurred.
(2) A coroner may
comment on any matter connected with the death including public health or
safety or the administration of justice.
(3) Where the death is
of a person held in care, a coroner must comment on the quality of the
supervision, treatment and care of the person while in that care.
(4) Where a post
mortem examination is held as part of the investigation of a death and a
finding has not been made within 21 days after that post mortem examination,
then the coroner must provide written information on that examination to any
of the next of kin under section 37(5), unless it is not practicable to do so.
(5) A coroner must not
frame a finding or comment in such a way as to appear to determine any
question of civil liability or to suggest that any person is guilty of any
offence.
[Section 25 amended: No. 40 of 1998 s. 8(4); No.
23 of 2018 s. 5.]