Legal Document

South African Inquest Act 58 OF 1959

Author
Republic of South Africa
Publication Year
1959
Region
Africa
Thematic Area
Families / Forensics / Law & Policies
Topic
Criminal Justice / DNA Analysis / Identification / Law – National / Management of the Dead / Recovery of remains / Excavation / Exhumation
Access
Open access

To provide for the holding of inquests in cases of deaths or alleged deaths apparently occurring from other than natural causes and for matters incidental thereto, and to repeal the Fire Inquests Act, 1883 (Cape of Good Hope) and the Fire Inquests Law, 1884 (Natal).