Section 9, The Medical Examiners Act, 2021

(1) Where a person dies - (a) in the course of being arrested or detained by any person in the exercise or purported exercise of a power of arrest or detention, it shall be the duty of the person exercising the power of arrest or detention to report the death; or (b) while he is - (i) in official custody, it shall be the duty of the person in charge of the place of custody where the deceased died; or (ii) outside a place of custody, it shall be the duty of the person in whose official care the deceased was at the time of his death, to prepare and submit a report of the death to a police officer within 24 hours upon becoming aware of the death. (2) A report under subsection (1) shall not be required where the death is the result of the lawful execution of a death sentence. (3) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (1), 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.