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of the commission of or the intention of any other person to commit any offence punishable under the Penal Code or any other written law; or

of any sudden or unnatural death or death by violence or of any death under suspicious circumstances, or of the body of any person being found dead without its being known how that person came by death, shall in the absence of reasonable excuse, the burden of proving which shall lie upon the person so aware, immediately give information to the officer in charge of the nearest police station or to a police officer or the nearest penghulu of the commission or intention or of the sudden, unnatural or violent death or of the finding of the dead body, as the case may be.

If any person discovers any dead body and he has reason to believe that the deceased met with his death through an unlawful act

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or omission he shall not remove or in any way alter the position of the body except so far as is necessary for its safety.

Police officer bound to report certain matters