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Regulations
as to certi-
ficates of

cause of
death.

Ch. 29. No.1.] Births and Deaths Registration.

Certificates of cause of death.

32. With respect to certificates of the cause of death, the
following provisions shall have effect ,—

(a) the Registrar General shall from time to time
furnish to every Registrar printed forms of certificates
of cause of death by registered medical practitioners,
and every Registrar shall furnish such forms gratis to
any registered medical practitioner residing or prac-
tising in such Registrar’s district ;

(b) in case of the death of any person who has been
attended during his last ness by a registered medical
practitioner, that practitioner shall sign and give to
some person required by this Ordinance to give infor-
mation concerning the death a certificate stating to the
best of his knowledge and belief the cause of death,
and such person shall, upon giving information con-
cerning the death, or giving notice of the death, deliver
that certificate to the Registrar, and the cause of death
as stated in that certificate shall be entered in the
register, together with the name of the certifying
medical practitioner ;

(c) in case of the death of any person who had not
the services of a medical practitioner, or who had not
been attended by a medical practitioner during his last
illness, the Registrar General, a Justicc, Superintendent
Registrar, District Registrar, Minister of Religion, or
any gazetted police officer, or subordinate police
officer, may summon the nearest medical practitioner
to view the dead body and to certify on such view, and
according to the symptoms described to him by those
who attended to the deceased person, what he conceives
to be the cause of death; such medical practitioner
shall be entitled to receive a fee for such certificate on
such scale as may be prescribed by the Governor in
Council. The medical practitioner’s certificate shall be
given to some person required by this Ordinance to
give information concerning the death, and such
person shall deliver such certificate to the Registrar,
and the cause of death as stated in that certificate shall
be entered in the register together with the name of the
certifying medical practitioner;

(2) where an inquest is held on the body of any