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In forceControl of the body
Part 4Investigation of deaths and fires
Division 1Investigation of deaths
22 Control of the body
(1)
This section applies if a body is in Victoria and the death is—
(a)
a reportable death or a reviewable death; or
(b)
is being investigated by a coroner.
(2)
If the death is being investigated by a coroner, the body is under the control of the coroner until the coroner releases the body under section 47.
(3)
If the death is not being investigated by a coroner, the body is taken to be under the control of the State Coroner until—
(a)
another coroner commences an investigation of the death; or
(b)
a coroner releases the body under section 47.
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