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Coroner and his functions.



A coroner is a government official responsible for investigating deaths that occur under certain circumstances, such as suspicious or unexpected deaths. They determine the cause and manner of death, often through autopsies or other examinations, to establish the circumstances surrounding the death.

The function of a Coroner’s Court (Section 4 of the The Inquests Act [CAP. 24 R.E. 2019] ).

The function of a Coroner’s Court is to inquire into the death of any person who- 

(a) is reasonably suspected to have died violently or of unnatural causes; 

(b) dies a sudden death the cause of which is unknown 

(c) dies while in official custody, or in consequence of the execution of a sentence passed on him; 

(d) dies or is found dead in such place and in such circumstances as to require an inquest in pursuance of the provisions of any written law.

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