Administration of Justice Act 1982

Inquests U.K.

[F1 62 Juries where death in police custody etc. suspected. U.K.

In section 13(2) of the M1 Coroners (Amendment) Act 1926 (which requires a coroner to summon a jury in certain circumstances) there shall be added after paragraph (e) the following paragraph— “or

(f) that the death occurred while the deceased was in police custody, or resulted from an injury caused by a police officer in the purported execution of his duty;”.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 62 repealed (E.W.) by Coroners Act 1988 (c. 13, SIF 33), ss. 33, 36(2), Sch. 4

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of s. 3, 46(2), 55, 62, Sch. 3 Pt. II, Sch. 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M1 1926 c. 59.