# Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868 (repealed), Section 5: Coroner’s inquest on body.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The coroner of the jurisdiction to which the prison belongs wherein judgment of death is executed on any offender shall within twenty-four hours after the execution hold an inquest on the body of the offender; and the jury at the inquest shall inquire into and ascertain the identity of the body, and whether judgment of death was duly executed on the offender; and the inquisition shall be in duplicate, and one of the originals shall be delivered to the sheriff . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/31-32/24/section/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/capital-punishment-amendment-act-1868-repealed/section-5
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