Inquests Act, 1959 (Act No. 58 of 1959)

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(1)	Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed as affecting the provisions of section eighty-six of the Correctional Services Act, 1959 or of any other law prescribing an inquiry into an accident attended with loss of human life.

[Section 23(1) substituted by section 4 of Act No. 18 of 1996]

(2)	Any such enquiry may be held jointly with an inquest under this Act.

(3)	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other law contained, the judicial officer shall preside at, and the provisions of this Act shall mutatis mutandis apply to, any such joint inquest and inquiry, but any report required to be made in terms of any other law shall be so made.

[Section 23(3) substituted by section 22 of Act No. 45 of 1990]