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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-act-northern-ireland-1959/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-act-northern-ireland-1959/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1959/15",
  "legislation_title": "Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-act-northern-ireland-1959",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Post-mortem examination.",
  "text": "(1) Where on any inquest it appears to a coroner that the cause of death has not been satisfactorily explained to him, he may, …, employ a registered medical practitioner on the list mentioned in section twenty-six to perform a complete post-mortem examination.\nSubs. (2) rep. by 1980 NI 6",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1980 NI 6"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1959/15/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:33:11.088702+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}