Article 129Autopsie dans les cas de décès

Décisions de la Cour suprême interprétant cette section

1. Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 668/2493 (1950)

   Where an autopsy has been completed, a defendant cannot escape the effect of Section 129 by objecting that the examining doctor did not personally attend the autopsy.

   In a homicide case, the Supreme Court held that where the autopsy had been completed, the defendant's objection that the examining doctor did not personally attend the autopsy did not succeed under Section 129.

2. Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 363/2493 (1950)

   Section 129 does not prohibit prosecution in a case where there was no autopsy; even if the autopsy were unlawful because the body had already been cremated, no law bars the prosecution.

   The Supreme Court held that Section 129 does not bar prosecution where there was no autopsy, and that even if the autopsy in the case were unlawful because the body had been cremated by the time the judge attended, no law prohibited the prosecution; the investigation was otherwise lawful.

3. Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 464/2492 (1949)

   Where no autopsy could be carried out because the body was cremated before examination, the prosecution is not prohibited under Sections 129 and 150.

   The Supreme Court held that because the deceased's father had cremated the body before any autopsy, no autopsy was possible, and the prosecution was therefore not prohibited under Sections 129 and 150.

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