Other persons may appear at inquest
44 Other persons may appear at inquest
An interested person may appear, or be represented by a legal practitioner, at an inquest and examine or cross‑examine witnesses.
Before a coroner makes any finding adverse to the interests of an interested person, that person must be given the opportunity to present submissions against the making of such a finding.
There may be prescribed a list of persons who are interested persons for the purpose of this section, but such a list is not a conclusive list of interested persons.
A coroner may disallow any question which in the coroner’s opinion is not relevant or otherwise not a proper question.
[Section 44 amended: No. 21 of 2008 s. 652(4); No. 9 of 2022 s. 424.]
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