Inquests Act, 1959 (Act No. 58 of 1959)

To provide for the holding of inquests in cases of deaths or alleged deaths apparently occurring from other than natural causes and for matters incidental thereto, and to repeal the Fire Inquests Act, 1883 (Cape of Good Hope) and the Fire Inquests Law, 1884 (Natal).

[Assented to 27 June 1959]

[Date of commencement: 1 January 1960]

(Afrikaans text signed by the Governor-General)

BE IT ENACTED, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa, as follows:—