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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "evidence during the investigation and prosecution. Even the threshold of that investigation and the report is well set out in this Bill. The threshold must be high for any court of law to establish a conviction. That clause also allows a person dissatisfied with the findings to seek second opinion. There are people who will be dissatisfied with the report of the coroner-general and his service and they may want to seek a second opinion. That empowers the Cabinet Secretary in charge to make regulations to this House on the preservation and movement of dead bodies which are subject of investigations. That is why if a foul play has taken place, some people can, through the service, just give a burial permit to conceal evidence and particulars of that case. Those who are not happy with the findings can seek a second opinion. That empowers the CS in charge of internal security to bring regulations to this House to support this Bill. Clause 44 provides the power of the coroner to order an exhumation or recovery of cremated remains if he is of the opinion that the death was reported under the Act and to conduct an autopsy. Under Clause 45 the Bill provides for who may observe an autopsy, postmortem and all these. Clauses 44 and 45 give the coroner-general and his service powers to carry recovery of cremated remains or to give an order for exhumation. Clause 51 provides that the coroner shall have control over a deceased person’s body from the start of investigations into the death until the investigations are complete. Here, we do not want to anticipate that this service will have bureaucracy. They can have the powers of custody of the body of a deceased person. But for how long can they keep the body? I think we are going to make those amendments in the Committee of the whole House. There must be a timeline. You cannot keep the family of the deceased for years, purporting to be carrying out investigations. Both the Committee and ourselves, when it comes to the Committee of the whole House, we must give specific timelines. Part IV provides for making complaints by interested persons out of procedures. Of course, there is the miscellaneous provision for the cost of undertaking a post-mortem to be borne by the state. It says that the state must pay for that cost. This is where conflict of interest might arise on the part of the coroner and finally protection from personal liability for members of the service, and for persons who give information to the service. They must carry certain personal responsibility and liability. 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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