Section 0

enacted as follows :- 2. For section 3 of the Coroners Act, 1871, tlie p p g d ~ Coroners of Calcutta and ~ t " 3. Within the iocal limits of the ordinary original Coroners of Calcutta and civil jurisdiction of each of tlie High Courts of Judicature at Fort William and Bombay there shall be a Coroner. -Such Coroners shall be called respectively the Coroner of- Calcutta and the Coroner of .Bombay." i I ! . .I 1 `3.` `(1)` For the preamble to the Coroners Act, Amendmeht 1881, the following shall be substituted, namely :- of nerr the ~ o t , Coro. " Whereas it is expedient t,o amend the Coroners 1881. Act, 1871, in manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as Eollows :-". . Coro. , . I . i , . i ' I j . , i . (2.) Sections 2, 3 and `4` of the Coroners Act, 1881, are hereby repealed. 4, (1) Clause'(e) of section 1 of the Code of Crim- Amendment of the Codr inal Procedure, 1882, is hereby repealed. of Cyiminal (2) Sections Proced~~r?~ D . - T- --- `111` - $ < ID\ T- --- it,, `111` ~ I I J ' O ~ the following cases, namely :- - (a) in any case i n whicll the' Local Government may - . by rule so require, he shall cause the body to be examined by a medioal officer appointed in this behalf by the Local Government. I, I moned shall be bound to attend and to answer tlwly all questions other than questio;;~ the answers to whioh mould liave a ten-det~cv to expose him t o a criminal charge or to a peualty or - forfeiture. - - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- '' (5) I f the facts do not disclose a cognizable offence to. which section 170 applies, such persons shall not be required by the police-officer to attend a Magistrate's Court. (' 175. (1) The Local Government may make rules, and the Power tov Commissioner of Police may from time to time make general or ~ a l r e rules special orders consistent with those rules, definingand orders with respect "(a) the circumstaoees in which an officer in aharge of a police- in aharge of a police- aharge of a police- . ~ station, after giving intimation to the Commissioner of .the, autho, - "(a) the circumstaoees in which an officer in aharge of a police- in aharge of a police- aharge of a police- . station, after giving intimation to the Commissioner of .the, Police of atly such event as is mentioned in clause (a), ities than - clause (6) or clause (c) of sub-section (1) of the last officers in foregoing section, is not to proceed to discharge any of charge police-sta- - the further functions of such an officer u a d e ~ that sections. tion, and police-sta- - w(b) the circulnstanees in which, and in such circumstances the authority by whom, those further funations are tcs be discharged. ';(2) l'he authority to whom the discharge of sucli fur the^ functions may be entrusted by rules or orders under sub-section (1) may be the Gommissioner of Polioe or any of his Deputies or Assistants or any other police-officer of rank not below that of Inspector, and such authority, in discharge of those functions, may exercise any of the powers and shall perform the duties which, but for such rules or orders, might be exercised and sliould be performed by the officer in aharge of the policestation, % r'176. ( I ) The Chiaf Presidency Magistrate, or suoh other p,ov;si,n, Presidency Magistrate as the Chief Presidency Magistrate may with respect depute in this behalf, shall, when any person dies while in the t o inquiries custody of the police or in prinon-, and may in any other case mentioned in section 174, sub-section (1)) clause (a), clause (b) trates and or clause (c), hold an inquiry into the cause of death, either the disinter. instead of, or in additiion to, the investigat.ion under either of merit of dead the two last foregoing sections ; and, n711el.e he does so, he shall bodies* have all the powers in conducting it which he mould have in holding an inquiry into a n offence, and shall record any evidence taken by him in the course of the inquiry as nearly as may be in the manner prescribed in section `362.` depute in this behalf, shall, when any person dies while in the t o inquiries custody of the police or in prinon-, and may in any other case g,:ie$agis- (2) When ever - - i.. .: . . . . ... . .,~. . .. . - . . . . . . .. . . . . . ... . . . ..- .~ . . .. ~ ~ ~ ~