Section 331
Post-mortem examination of body
ActIn forceProvision 290 of 411
Section 331
(1)
Upon receiving the information referred to in section 330 a
Government Medical Officer shall, as soon as practicable, make a post-mortem examination of the body of the deceased.
(2)
The Medical Officer, if it is necessary in order to ascertain the cause of death, shall extend the examination to the dissection of the body and an analysis of any portion of it, and may cause any portion of it to be transmitted to the Institute for Medical Research.