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C-68.01 - Coroners Act

Section 36
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36. Unless he has reasonable cause to believe that a coroner, a physician, a specialized nurse practitioner or a peace officer has already been informed, every person having knowledge of a death must immediately notify a coroner or a peace officer where it appears that the death has occurred as a result of negligence or in obscure or violent circumstances or where the identity of the deceased person is unknown to him.
1983, c. 41, s. 36; 2011, c. 27, s. 36; 2023, c. 15, s. 51.
36. Unless he has reasonable cause to believe that a coroner, a physician or a peace officer has already been informed, every person having knowledge of a death must immediately notify a coroner or a peace officer where it appears that the death has occurred as a result of negligence or in obscure or violent circumstances or where the identity of the deceased person is unknown to him.
1983, c. 41, s. 36; 2011, c. 27, s. 36.
36. Unless he has reasonable cause to believe that a coroner, a physician or a peace officer has already been informed, every person having knowledge of a death must immediately notify a coroner or a peace officer where it appears that the death has occurred in obscure or violent circumstances or where the identity of the deceased person is unknown to him.
1983, c. 41, s. 36.
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