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In forceNo jurisdiction concerning death or suspected death unless occurring within last 100 years
19 No jurisdiction concerning death or suspected death unless occurring within last 100 years
A coroner does not have jurisdiction to hold an inquest concerning a death or suspected death unless it appears to the coroner that (or that there is reasonable cause to suspect that) the death or suspected death occurred within the last 100 years.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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