BACK PREVIOUS SECTION NEXT SECTION BACK PREVIOUS SECTION NEXT SECTION | 34. (1) Where an inmate dies while in Custody, the institutional head shall forwith inform | ||
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the next of kin or closest known relative of the deceased, | |
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the coroner having jurisdiction in the area, and | |
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the Commissioner | |
| (1.1) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(a), where the next of kin or closest known relative referred to in that paragraph is located in a remote area of Canada or at a place outside Canada at the time of the death of the inmate and it is not feasible for the institutional head to inform that next of kin or relative of the death, the institutional head shall designate a clergyman, a member of a police force or a representative of a welfare or benevolent agency located at or near that area of Canada or place outside Canada, as the case may be, to act on his behalf and personally inform the next of kin or relative of the death of the inmate. [SOR/80-208] | ||
| (2) Where the next of kin or closest known relative of a deceased inmate does not claim the body of the deceased, the institutional head shall arrange for the body to be, in accordance with the religious faith of the deceased, | ||
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interred, or | |
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if the deceased has so instructed in writing, cremated. [SOR/85-180] | |
| (2.1) In cases referred to in subsection (2), the cost of interment or cremation shall be at public expense and shall be a charge against any money held in trust for the inmate. [SOR/85-180] | ||
| (3) The body or any part of the body of a deceased inmate may be delivered to a recognized medical school or licensed hospital if the deceased, prior to his death, bequeathed his body or that part thereof for scientific purposes. | ||
| (4) The personal effects and money held in trust for a deceased inmate shall, subject to any lawful charges, be sent to his next of kin. | ||
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