Section 23, The Medical Examiners Act, 2021

(1) Where the Chief Medical Examiner conducts a postmortem examination or causes a post-mortem examination to beconducted, under section 21, he shall - (a) draw up, or cause to be drawn up, a report of the findings of the post-mortem examination and of the conclusions which are drawn from it; (b) certify as to the medical cause of death; and (c) date and sign the report. 12 13 Post-mortem examination. Purpose of investigation. Post-mortem examination report. (2) A post-mortem examination report made under subsection (1) shall be admissible as evidence, and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein, at any inquiry or judicial hearing. (3) The Chief Medical Examiner or any person appointed by him may give evidence as to his opinion upon any matter arising out of a post-mortem examination to how, in his opinion, the deceased came by his death.