Hong Kong
The Coroner's Court is responsible to inquire into the causes and circumstances of certain deaths. The Coroner is a judicial officer who has the power to:
- Grant:
- Burial orders
- Cremation orders
- Waivers of autopsy
- Autopsy orders
- Exhumation orders
- Orders to remove dead bodies outside Hong Kong
- Order police investigations of death
- Order inquests
- Approve removal and use of body parts of the dead body
- Issue certificates of fact of death
The Coroner makes orders after considering the pathologist's report.
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