Excluding persons from inquest or pre-inquest conference
43 Excluding persons from inquest or pre-inquest conference
The Coroners Court may order that a person be excluded from an inquest or pre-inquest conference if the court considers it is in the interests of justice, the public or a particular person to do so.
Examples—
1 A person who commits an offence against section 41 may be excluded from an inquest or pre-inquest conference.
2 A person may be excluded from an inquest or pre-inquest conference until the person or someone else has given evidence at the inquest or pre-inquest conference.
If the person disobeys the order, the court may order the person be removed from the inquest or pre-inquest conference.
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