Section 25, The Medical Examiners Act, 2021

(1) Where a death which is, or appears to be, a reportabledeath has been reported to the Chief Medical Examiner and the body is in Sierra Leone, the Chief Medical Examiner shall have control of the body until such time as he issues a certificate ordering the release of the body, for such release of the body it shall not bear any cost on the bereaved family except where such additional service are required. (2) The Chief Medical Examiner may, order the release of a body - (a) for burial or cremation; (b) for the body to be transported out of Sierra Leone; or (c) for the retention of the body for use in any manner in accordance with law, (3) Where a reportable death has occurred or is suspected to have occurred and the body is in Sierra Leone, any person who, without reasonable excuse, buries, cremates, transports out of Sierra Leone or otherwise uses or disposes of, or causes to be buried, cremated, transported out of Sierra Leone or otherwise used or disposed of that body, without the order of the Chief Medical Examiner under subsection (2), 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. PART V- FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER