Section 1: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-

"body" means a dead person, and includes any part of a dead person (whether or not the identity of the person concerned is known when the part is discovered or is later determined) but does not include a foetus or a still-birth child; "cause of death" includes not only the apparent cause of death as ascertainable by inspection or examination of a body, but also all matters necessary to enable an opinion to be formed as to the manner in which the deceased came by his death; "investigation" means an investigation into a death conducted by the Chief Medical Examiner and includes a post-mortem examination; "Chief Medical Examiner" means the Chief Medical Examiner appointed under section 3; "medical treatment or care" includes any operation, surgical, diagnostic or therapeutic procedure; "Minister" means the Minister of Internal Affairs; "Office of the Chief Medical Examiner" means the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner or his designate established under section 2; "pathologist" means a medical practitioner who is registered as a specialist in pathology under the Medical Practitioners and Dental Surgeons Act 1994; (Act No. 12 of 1994) "place of custody" means a place in which a person may lawfully be held, confined, detained or committed;' "reportable death'' means a death specified as reportable under subsection (2) of section 8. "Custody'' means a person held, confined or detained under the guardianship of someone or an institution. "Rescuer'' means someone authorised by the Chief Medical Examiner to assist with the retrieval and preservation of bodies. 2 3 PART II -ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER