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In forceControl of body pending certificate permitting disposal
Part 4Investigation of deaths
Division 1Coroners' general powers and duties
17 Control of body pending certificate permitting disposal
(1)
Where a reportable death has occurred and the body of a deceased person is in the Territory, the body is under the control of the coroner investigating the death until the coroner or coroner's clerk has issued a certificate permitting its disposal.
(2)
Where the Supreme Court makes an order under section 16(3), a coroner or coroner's clerk must not issue a certificate mentioned in subsection (1).
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