Coroners Act 1962

38A

F98[Taking of evidence from person about to leave State

38A.Whenever a coroner is satisfied that a person who may be summoned to give evidence or to produce a document, article, substance or thing relevant to an inquest is likely to be absent from the State during the conduct of the inquest, he or she may direct that the evidence of that person be taken or the document, article, substance or thing be produced before him or her, at any time before the inquest, in the same manner as the evidence would be taken or the document, article, substance or thing would be produced at the inquest.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F98

Inserted (16.01.2020) by Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019 (29/2019), s. 25, S.I. No. 12 of 2020.

Editorial Notes:

E78

The section title is taken from the amending section in absence of one included in the amendment.