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Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957 s 23

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957 s 23

s 23 When post-mortem examination is held

When a registered medical practitioner has made a post-mortem examination of the body of any person, such medical practitioner shall, unless he knows that a Coroner or Magistrate intends to hold an inquest or inquiry in respect of the death, within seven days after the conclusion of the examination, forward a certificate in the prescribed form to the Registrar, and the cause of death as stated in the certificate, together with the name of the certifying medical practitioner, shall be entered in the register.

Malay text (authoritative)

Bila pemeriksaan post-mortem diadakan

Apabila seorang pengamal perubatan yang berdaftar telah melakukan pemeriksaan post-mortem ke atas tubuh mana-mana orang, pengamal perubatan berdaftar itu hendaklah, melainkan jika dia mengetahui bahawa Koroner atau Majistret bercadang untuk mengadakan suatu inkues atau siasatan berkenaan dengan kematian itu, dalam tempoh dua puluh empat jam selepas tamatnya pemeriksaan itu, mengemukakan perakuan dalam borang yang ditetapkan kepada Pendaftar, dan sebab kematian sebagaimana yang dinyatakan dalam perakuan itu, bersama-sama dengan nama pengamal perubatan yang memperakukan perakuan itu, hendaklah dicatatkan ke dalam daftar.

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Text as at 1 March 2018 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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