116. (1) Where an inmate dies, the institutional head or a staff member designated by the institutional head shall promptly notify

subject to subsection (2), the person who the inmate indicated to the Service in writing was to be notified;

the coroner or medical examiner who has jurisdiction over the area in which the penitentiary is located; and

the Commissioner or a staff member designated by the Commissioner.

    (2) Where an inmate has not indicated the name of a person pursuant to subsection (1), the institutional head or staff member designated by the institutional head shall, as soon as practicable, notify the inmate's next of kin.

117. (1) Where the body of a deceased inmate is claimed by the person referred to in paragraph 116(1)(a) or by the inmate's next of kin, the institutional head or a staff member designated by the institutional head shall arrange, at public expense to the extent that the moneys standing to the inmate's credit in the Inmate Trust Fund are insufficient to cover the cost, for the body to be transported to a funeral home in the person's or next of kin's hometown.

    (2) The Service may, on humanitarian grounds or where the costs of the funeral of an inmate would prevent the body of the inmate being claimed, pay all or part of the costs of the funeral in the hometown of the inmate or of the person who claims the body.

118. Where the body of a deceased inmate is not claimed by the person referred to in paragraph 116(1)(a) or by the inmate's next of kin, the institutional head or a staff member designated by the institutional head shall arrange, at public expense to the extent that the inmate's estate is insufficient to cover the costs, for the body to be

where practicable, buried, cremated or otherwise dealt with, in accordance with the instructions left by the inmate; or

buried or cremated, where the inmate did not leave instructions, or where it is not practicable to carry out the inmate's instructions.

119. (1) The Service shall deliver the portion of the estate of a deceased inmate that is under the control of the Service to the inmate's personal representative, if any, in accordance with applicable provincial laws.

    (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the portion of the estate of a deceased inmate that is under the control of the Service includes

any pay that was owed to the inmate by the Service at the time of death;

any moneys standing to the inmate's credit in the Inmate Trust Fund; and

the inmate's personal belongings, including cash, that are in the care or custody of the Service.