Section 5A: Doubt or dispute whether person claiming body is near relative to be referred to transport of Executive Magistrate and body to be preserved pending decision.
The Maharashtra Anatomy Act.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 11 of 1949
[5A. Doubt or dispute whether person claiming body is near relative to be referred to transport of [* * *] Executive Magistrate and body to be preserved pending decision.- (1) If any doubt or dispute arises as to whether a person claiming the body or a deceased person under section 5 is a near relative of the deceased or not, the matter shall be referred [* * *] to the Executive Magistrate or such officer as may be appointed in this behalf by the State Government and his decision shall be final and conclusive.
(2) Pending such decision, the authorised officer shall take all reasonable care and steps to preserve the body of the deceased person from decay.]
Doubt or dispute whether person claiming body is near relative to be referred to transport of Executive Magistrate and body to be preserved pending decision.
Jurisdiction
State of Maharashtra
Status
In force as published by the source
How this provision has been amended
Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.
inserted, Bom. 44 of 1959. Section 5A was inserted by Bom. 44 of 1959, s. 5 (2).
omitted, Mah. 45 of 2000. The words "Coroner or" were deleted By Mah. 45 of 2000, s. 2 (b).
omitted, Mah. 45 of 2000. The words and figures "in Greater Bombay to the Coroner or an Additional Coroner appointed under the Coroners Act, 1871 and elsewhere" were deleted by Mah. 45 of 2000, s. 2 (a).
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