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Coroners Act 1997
76AApplication of Criminal Code, ch 7
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76A Application of Criminal Code, ch 7
(1) A proceeding before the coroner is a legal proceeding for the Criminal
Code, chapter 7 (Administration of justice offences).
Note That chapter includes offences (eg perjury, falsifying evidence, failing to
attend and refusing to be sworn) applying in relation to coronial
proceedings.
(2) To remove any doubt, a decision or action the coroner takes under
any of the following provisions is a legal proceeding for that chapter:
(a) section 34A (Decision not to conduct hearing);
(b) section 20 (Dispensing with post-mortem examination);
(c) section 27 (Warrant for exhumation of body or recovery of
ashes).