C-68 - Coroners Act

Section 22 Disposition versions

1977-12-31

22. When the coroner is of the opinion that a person whose testimony he deems necessary will fail or refuse to be present at the inquest, he may order such person arrested, with or without a warrant, and brought before him within twenty-four hours after his arrest or, if that is impossible, within the shortest possible delay; the coroner may then, in order to ensure his presence at the inquest, require bail of such person or direct that such person be detained in a house of detention.

No person shall be so detained for more than eight days without being brought again before the coroner; the coroner’s decision to extend the detention until the end of the inquest may be revised by a judge of the Superior Court for the district in which the coroner rendered his decision.

1966-67, c. 19, s. 22; 1969, c. 21, s. 35.