# Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959, Section 29: Report on examination.


(1) Every registered medical practitioner who performs a post-mortem examination shall immediately report the result thereof in writing to the coroner and such report shall not be furnished to any other person without the permission of the coroner.
(2) A court may order a coroner to produce for the purposes of proceedings in that court a copy certified by him as correct of any report furnished to him under sub-section (1), not earlier than ten years before the date of the order and it shall be the duty of the coroner to comply with any such order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1959/15/section/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-act-northern-ireland-1959/section-29
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