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Establishment of court

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Part 2Coroners and Coroner’s court
Division 1Coroner’s court

5 Establishment of court

(1)

A court to be known as the Coroner’s Court of Western Australia is established.

(2)

The court is to be constituted by a coroner and has exclusive jurisdiction to hold all inquests under this Act.

(3)

The court constituted by a coroner may sit and exercise the jurisdiction of the court at the same time as any other court constituted by a coroner is sitting and exercising the jurisdiction of the court.

(4)

The court is a court of record and is to have an official seal of which judicial notice must be taken.

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