Number of jurymen required.

Remuneration.

such inquest is beng holden, or to be taken into custody, and at any time before the close of the day's proceedings, by warrant to commit such person to gaol, for any period not exceeding seven days, or to fine such person in any sum not exceeding forty shillings, and in default of payment, within such time as the Coroner shall order, to order imprisonment not exceeding the above

term.

Jury; panel and remuneration.

8. (1) The number of jurymen required to be empanelled on any inquest, shall henceforth be not less than seven: Provided always that it shall be necessary for seven at least to agree as to any finding, and provided that a sufficient number of jurymen be summoned to ensure the formation of a necessary panel.

(2) Any person who, in obedience to a summons, shall attend any Coroner's inquest as a juryman, shall be entitled to receive such remuneration or fee as is mentioned in schedule B, to this Act annexed; and every person who shall so attend and who shall be actually empanelled to serve on any inquest shall in case such inquest be adjourned, be entitled to a like remuneration for each day he shall attend and serve as a juror at such inquest, such remuneration or fee to be paid from the public trea sury by warrant of the Governor-in-Executive Committee, upon a certificate of the Coroner holding the inquest.

Mortuary.

9. At the public mortuary in Bridgetown Place to be pro- sufficient accommodation shall be made for

vided for receiving

the reception of any dead body and for holding dead bodies in any inquest should it be deemed expedient to Bridgetown. hold it there, provided however that it shall

not be necessary to remove any dead body to such place unless the Coroner shall deem it expedient to do so.

Copies of proceedings.

10. All persons who shall be committed Persons committto prison or held to bail for any offence ed to prison, or held to bail, entitled to against the law, shall be entitled to require, copies of proceedand have on application to the Coroner ings, on payment before whom any proceedings are had, or of 8s. 4d. other persons having the lawful custody thereof, copies of such proceedings, on payment of eight shillings and four pence and no more, to the Cononer furnishing the same; and all Coroners, and other persons having the lawful custody of such proceedings are hereby required to deliver such copies within five days after application shall be made for the same, under a penalty Penalty. of thirty shillings for refusing or neglecting so to do.

Interments of remains (felo de se.)

Coroner to give

11. (1.) It shall not be lawful for any Coroner or other officer having authority to directions for prihold inquests, to issue any warrant or other vate interment in process directing the interment of the re- al ground of the churchyard or burimains of persons against whom a finding of remains of any felo felo de se shall be had, in any public high- de se. way; but such coroner or other officer shall give directions for the private interment of the remains of such persons felo de se, without any stake being driven through the body of such person, in the churchyard, or other burial ground in which the remains of such person might lawfully be interred if the ver

Rites of Christian

dict of felo de se had not been found against such person.

(2.) Nothing herein contained shall reburial not required quire the performing of any of the rites hereby. of christian burial on the interment of

the remains of any such person as aforesaid nor shall anything herein before contained be taken to alter the laws or usages relating to the burial of such persons, except so far as relates to the interment of such remains in such churchyard or burial ground in such manner as aforesaid.

Repeal.

12. The several Acts mentioned in schedule C to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned; provided that

(1.) Any rule order or bye-law now in force whether made under (any enactment hereby repealed or not shall continue in force until otherwise provided; and

(2.) Any officer appointed or discharging duties under any enactment hereby repealed shall continue and be deemed to have been duly appointed and to discharge such duties under this Act; and

(3.) Any enactment or document referring to any Act or enactment hereby repealed shall be construed to refer to this Act or to the corresponding enactment in this Act. (4.) This Act shall not affect

(a) The past operation of any enactment hereby repealed nor any thing duly done or suffered under any enactment hereby repealed; or

(b) any right, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued, or incurred under any enactment hereby repealed; or

(e) any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any enactments hereby repealed; or

(d) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty forfeiture, or punishment as aforesaid; and any such investigation, legal proceeding and remedy may be carried on as if this Act had not passed; or (e) any Act in which the enactments hereby repealed have been applied, incorporated or referred to.

(5.) This repeal shall not revive any enactment, right, office, privilege, matter or thing not in force or existing at the passing of this Act.

SCHEDULE. A.

Be it remembered that on the

day of

L.M of

before

in the year of Our Lord

A. B. of

and N.O. of

personally came Her Majesty's Coroand

ner for the parish of severally acknowledge themselves to owe to Our Lady the Queen the several sums following; that is to say, the said A. B. the sum of and the said

L. M. and N. O. the sum of each, of good and lawful money of this Island to be made and levied of their goods and chattels, lands and tenements respectively, to the use of Our said Lady the Queen, her

heirs and successors, if he the said A. B. fail in the condition so endorsed.

Taken and acknowledged the day and year above-mentioned at

before me

Coroner for the parish of

CONDITION ENDORSED.

J. S.

The condition of the within written recognizance is such that whereas a verdict of manslaughter has been found against the said A. B. by a jury empannelled to enquire how and by what means

came

by his death, if therefore the said A. B. shall appear at the next Court of Grand Sessions to be holden in this Island, and there surrender himself into the custody of the Keeper of the Gaol, and plead to such inquisition, and take his trial upon the same, and not depart the said Court without leave, then the said recognizance shall be void, or else. the same shall stand in full force and virtue.

SCHEDULE B.

1. To every legally qualified medical practitioner for attending to give evidence under the provisions of this Act at any Coroner's inquest, where no post mortem examination has been made by such practitioner, the fee or remuneration shall be £1 1 0.

2. To any legally qualified medical practitioner for the making of a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased and for attending to give evidence thereon, the fee or remuneration shall be £3 3 0.