Criminal Procedure Code · Updated to 1 May 2023 · Part VIII · Special Proceedings
328. Meaning of “cause of death”
Feedback & supportIn this Chapter the words “cause of death” include not only the apparent cause of death as ascertainable by inspection or post-mortem examination of the body of the deceased, but also all matters necessary to enable an opinion to be formed as to the manner in which the deceased came by his death and as to whether his death resulted in any way from, or was accelerated by, any unlawful act or omission on the part of any other person.