Section 2
In this Ordinance—
“cause of death” includes 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 how the deceased came by his death and whether his death resulted in any way from, or was accelerated by, any unlawful act or omission on the part of any other person;
“Government” includes the Government of the Federation and the Government of any State thereof;
[Mod. F.L.N. 213/65.]
“hospital assistant” includes any person or class of person authorized by the Director of Medical Services to act as such for the purpose of this Ordinance;
[Added Ord. No. 19/62.]
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“Medical Officer” means a registered medical practitioner employed by Government or, if no such officer is available, any other duly registered medical practitioner;
[Amended by Commissioners of Law Revision]
“officer in charge of a police station” means the officer appointed to perform the duties of that office or, when such officer is absent therefrom or unable from illness to perform his duties, the police officer present and acting in the station who is next in rank below such officer;
“place” includes a house, building, tent and vessel.
NOTES:
(1)
This Ordinance was formerly part of the repealed Criminal Procedure
Code. The date of operation, the chapter number and the numbers of the amending Ordinances beside the date of operation, and the figures in brackets at the end of each section, refer to the 1954 reprint of the repealed Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 62 — Laws of Sarawak 1948 Edition) and to legislation amending that Code as so printed.
(2)
This Ordinance has been declared to be Federal Law — see F.L.N.
200/65.