Section 20, The Medical Examiners Act, 2021

(1) The Chief Medical Examiner shall investigate orcause to be investigated any act relating to a death, particularly one that is unexpected, sudden, violent, or the cause of which is unknown. (2) Where the Chief Medical Examiner conducts an investigation or cause an investigation to be conducted, he may - (a) view the body or cause the body to be viewed at the place where the body is lying or order the body to be removed to some more convenient place and view the body at that place; (b) require a medical practitioner or health-care practitioner to furnish, within such time as the Chief Medical Examiner may specify - (i) a detailed report on the medical treatment or care rendered to a deceased person before his death; (ii) such medical records or health-care records pertaining to the medical treatment or care of the deceased; (iii) any other information in the possession of the medical practitioner or health- care practitioner necessary for the purposes of the investigation; and (i v) direct the police to provide such assistance as he may require to investigate the cause of and circumstances connected with a death. 10 11 Functions of Conduct of investigation. (3) A medical practitioner or health-care practitioner who is required by the Chief Medical Examiner under subsection (1) to provide any report, record, information, substance or thing and who - (a) without reasonable excuse, fails to provide the report, record, information, substance or thing; (b) provides a report, record or information which he knows or believes to be false or incomplete; or (c) tampers or destroys, or causes or permits the tampering or destruction of, any report, record, substance or thing pertaining to the medical treatment or care of the deceased, commits an offence and is liable on conviction, to a fine not exceeding Le. 10,000,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.