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(2) No body, to which inquiry relates, shall be burried without
licence, from the Prosecution Attorney, unless utmost
necessity requires the same.
Medical examination of suspect
49.
Where a person is arrested, upon suspicion of having a relation to
an offence, the Prosecution Attorney, or the officer in charge may
send him for medical examination by a physician, or medical
assistant, whenever the same is necessary for ascertainment of
commission of the offence.
Taking fingerprints and photographs
50.
Fingerprints and photographs may be taken of any person, or any
thing, where the same is necessary for the purposes of inquiry.
Death in certain circumstances
51.(1) Where particulars, or information are received, as to finding a
body of a human being, or the commission of suicide by a person,
or his death in an accident, the officer in charge, even though he
has no reason to suspect the commission of an offence, shall
write a report of the particulars and present the same to the
Prosecution Attorney, and forthwith proceed to the place of the
body, and inquire , as to the cause of the death , in accordance
with the procedure of inquiry in offences relating to death.
(2) The officer in charge, upon completion of inquiry, shall present
his report to the Prosecution Attorneys Bureau.
(3) The Prosecution Attorney shall, whenever the grounds of inquiry
enable him as to the same, take a decision to prefer charging, or
a grounded decision that death does not result in a charge. He
shall, in this case, submit his decision, accompanied by the
inquiry report, to the president of the Prosecution Attorneys
Bureau in the state.
Inquiry by the People’s administrator as to death
52.
Where particulars, or information are received, by the People’s
administrator as to finding the body of a human being, or the
commission of suicide by a person, or his death in an accident,
he shall immediately inform the officer in charge, and proceed to
the place of the accident, and conduct, in the presence of two, or
more witnesses, inquiry, in accordance with inquiry procedure in
offences relating to death, and lay down a report on the inquiry
procedure, and the apparent cause of death, a description of
wounds, fractures on the body, a statement of the condition , and
the surroundings thereof and mentioning any weapon, or
instrument which is apparently used to effect death and such
other information, relating to the death, as may have been
discovered by him. He shall submit his report to the officer in
charge and continue the inquiry until the same is assumed by the
officer in charge.
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