The Guidance Note originates from the need to provide clarity on the process that must be followed for deaths that require a medico-legal autopsy.

The Guidance Note is intended to assist and give guidance to all stakeholders regarding their roles and responsibilities in cases of natural, unnatural or uncertain mine death.

This Guidance Note sets out good practice and should be read in conjunction with the current and relevant regulatory framework on medico-legal post mortem investigations and does not constitute a specific and/or separate protocol.

Stakeholders are advised to make full use of this document which represents the collective efforts of various stakeholders.