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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that the National Coroners Service Bill be read a Second Time. This Bill seeks to establish national coroners service. It prescribes procedures for investigation into unexplained death that can occur. I want to give the highlights of the various provisions of the Bill. I am sure Members have gone through it. Part I of the Bill deals with preliminary matters which include the definition of interested persons, in relation to a deceased person, who may seek the services of the coroner in particular cases. Part II of the Bill establishes the service as a State corporation and provides for the appointment of the staff of that service. This will include coroner-general and other coroners to work with under his direction. Part III of the Bill deals with the functions and powers of the service. The coroner- general is vested with the powers to issue burial and cremation permits, postmortem permits, waiver of postmortem and the authority to repatriate remains to another country if the court process is followed. Part IV of the Bill imposes an obligation for the reporting of any death to a coroner by citizens. When any person reasonably suspects that the death has occurred in a suspicious circumstance, for example, due to violence, malpractice causes other than disease, or any other cause which warrants an investigation, then that citizen must disclose that information to the service. Other reportable deaths are those that occur while the person is in police or military custody. That is why this Bill is very important. There are many people who for one reason or another die in police custody, or they die under the custody of security agents. This Bill provides an avenue for that institution to report how that person died while under their custody. It The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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