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22 Control of the body

(1) This section applies if a body is in Victoria and the death is—

(a) a reportable death or a reviewable death; or

(b) is being investigated by a coroner.

(2) If the death is being investigated by a coroner, the body is under the control of the coroner until the coroner releases the body under section 47.

(3) If the death is not being investigated by a coroner, the body is taken to be under the control of the State Coroner until—

(a) another coroner commences an investigation of the death; or

(b) a coroner releases the body under section 47.

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