CHAPTER
183
INQUEST OF FIRES |
ARRANGEMENT OF
SECTIONS |
SECTION |
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Official inquiries to be held in case of fires. |
Persons who shall hold inquiries. |
Power of persons holding inquiries. |
Evidence and report to be forwarded to the
secretary to the cabinet. |
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CHAPTER 183 |
INQUEST OF FIRES |
An Act to
provide for the holding of inquiries in the case of fires. | 6 of 1896
G.N. 172/1964 |
[Commencement 20th
March, 1896] |
1. This Act may be cited as the Inquest of Fires Act. | Short title. |
2. Whenever a fire may take place within The Bahamas an
official inquiry shall be held as soon as possible thereafter by the officials
named herein, as to the cause and origin thereof, and into all the
circumstances connected therewith. | Official inquiries to be held in case of fires. |
3. Such inquiry shall be held in New Providence by the
Commissioner of Police or person performing the duties of that office; and at
any Out Island by the commissioner of the district, or the person acting in
such office, in which such fire shall have taken place. | Persons who shall hold inquires. |
4. Any person authorised to hold an inquiry under this
Act, shall, for that purpose, have the same powers as are now vested by law in
a justice of the peace, in a proceeding relating to an offence over which such
justice has the power to make a summary conviction. | Powers of persons holding inquiries. |
5. It shall be the duty of each person holding an
inquiry under this Act at the conclusion thereof to forward the evidence taken
with his report thereon to the Secretary to the Cabinet. | Evidence and report to be forwarded to the Secretary
to the Cabinet. |
6. Any expenses incurred under this Act shall be paid
out of the Consolidated Fund by warrant in the usual manner. | Expenses. |