HC Deb 06 May 1959 vol 605 c53W
89. Dr. Stross

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will give orders that a post mortem examination shall be made and an inquest held in every case following the death of a prisoner in Kenya whether an inmate of a camp for detainees or held in a prison.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Under Section 386 of the Criminal Procedure Code, when any person, whether a prisoner or a detainee, dies while in the custody of a prisons officer, the nearest magistrate is required to hold an inquiry into the cause of death. He is also given discretion to order a post mortem examination to be held.

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