C-68.01 - Coroners Act

Section 66 Disposition versions

1999-04-01

66. Every person contemplated in section 65 may, without the coroner’s authorization, within 24 hours following the receipt of a notice given under Chapter II, exercise the following powers:

(1)  enter any place where he has reasonable and probable cause to believe that the body is to be found to take possession of it and, at the same time, examine or seize any object or document found there which may be used as evidence by the coroner;

(2)  prohibit access to the place to facilitate the gathering or preservation of items of evidence for the coroner or ensure the protection of the persons involved or their property;

(3)  photograph the place or any object examined or seized, or cause it to be photographed;

(4)  photocopy any document examined or seized, or cause it to be photocopied.

The person may also, even after the expiry of the time prescribed under the first paragraph, take, without the coroner’s authorization, the measures necessary for the identification of a dead body, photograph it or cause it to be photographed.

1983, c. 41, s. 66; 1986, c. 95, s. 285.

1986-03-03

66. Every person contemplated in section 65 may, without the coroner’s authorization, within 24 hours following the receipt of a notice given under Chapter II, exercise the following powers:

(1)  enter any place where there is reasonable and probable cause to believe that the body is to be found to take possession of it and, at the same time, examine or seize any object or document found there which may be used as evidence by the coroner;

(2)  prohibit access to the place to facilitate the gathering or preservation of items of evidence for the coroner or ensure the protection of the persons involved or their property;

(3)  photograph the place or any object examined or seized, or cause it to be photographed;

(4)  photocopy any document examined or seized, or cause it to be photocopied.

The person may also, even after the expiry of the time prescribed under the first paragraph, take, without the coroner’s authorization, the measures necessary for the identification of a dead body, photograph it or cause it to be photographed.

1983, c. 41, s. 66.