ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
National Coroners Service Act
2. Interpretation
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"Cabinet Secretary" means the Cabinet Secretary for the time being responsible for matters relating to justice;"Coroner" means the Coroner-General appointed under section 9 and the coroners appointed under section 15;"custody" means detention or custody of a person in any place by the State and it includes custody of person while in transit;"interested person" in relation to a deceased person or an investigation into a person's death, means—(a)a spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, child of a brother or sister, stepfather, stepmother, half-brother or half-sister;(b)a personal representative of the deceased;(c)a medical examiner exercising functions in relation to the death of the deceased;(d)a beneficiary under a policy of insurance issued on the life of the deceased;(e)the insurer who issued a policy of insurance under paragraph (d);(f)a person who may by any act or omission have caused or contributed to the death of the deceased, or whose employee or agent may have done so;(g)in a case where the death may have been caused by an injury sustained in the course of an employment, a representative of a trade union of which the deceased was a member at the time of death;(h)a person appointed by, or representative of, an enforcing authority;(i)a person appointed by a Government department to inquire into the death or to assist in, or provide evidence for the purposes of, an investigation into the death;(j)a person appointed by the Coroner to represent muslims or any interest groups;(k)a medical practitioner who examined the deceased; and(l)any other person who the Coroner-General thinks has a sufficient interest as may be prescribed;"Service" means the National Coroners Service established under section 6.