Section 11, The Medical Examiners Act, 2021

(1) The Chief Medical Examiner shall, as soon as possibleafter a death is reported to him, view the body, if practicable, and make a preliminary investigation at the place where the body is lying, or any other place to which the body has been moved. (2) Where the Chief Medical Examiner considers, after viewing the body and making a preliminary investigation, that the death was due to natural causes and that further investigation is unnecessary, he may issue an order for the release of the body.