Malaysia legislation

Section 335

of *CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE

Section 335

Powers of Magistrate

(2)

A Magistrate holding an inquiry under this Chapter if he considers it expedient that the body of the deceased person should be examined by a Medical Officer in order to discover the cause of death may, whether a post-mortem examination has been made under section 331 or not, issue his order to a Medical

Officer to make a post-mortem examination of the body, and may for that purpose order the body to be exhumed.

Magistrate may view body