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(1 ). On the death of an. inmate, whe.!her ill$ide. a pris<:m or while undergoing tre~tment in it'· hospit$1 outside ttie pnson, the Medical_ Officer of the prisen shJ'JI forthwith draw up a report stating the followjng particulars, so far as they can be ascertained, namely : -- (I) the day on which .the deceased first complained of . illness or was observed to be.ffl; · (ii) the day on which· the . M_edical Officer was fir.st (•~ ... informed of his Illness; (iii) the day on which he was admitted to ho$pital; (iv) the nature of his illness: (v) the treatment given; I (vi) when the deceased was last seen before his dtath by the Medical Officer; (vii) when the inmate died; (viii) any $pecial remarks that appear to the Medical · Officer to be required. ,; (2) In every case of death of an inmate, whether. inside a prison or while undergoing treatment in a hospital · outside the prison, ---- (a) intimation of the death shall be give~, to "1e District or Sub-dMsional Magistrate, and to the o~r !" charge of the police station withio whose Jurisdiction the de~th occurs; " •It·, 1390 THEASSAMGAZE1TE,EXTRAORDINARY,MAY30,2013 " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,---~'~ .. Work by convicted and undertrlal inmates (b) an inquest shall be he~ by an Executive Magistrate to be deputed by the District Magistrate or Sub-divisional Magistrate, as the ease may be; and (c) a .post~mortem · examination s.ha!l be conducted by a com~~tent medical authority~. Provided that in cases where the deceased happens ·to be a .. child kept in prison with its. :mother or father, post-mortem examihation shaH not be done unless the Magistrate holding. the inqu~st, c(fter considering t.he " ·cireumstances in which the child has died, suspects the death to be homicidal and recomniends for a post.-morterrl examination-to be done, or the mother or father of the dece~sed child. desires s1:1ch ~post.-mortem examination to be done. \. ."\. CHAPTER-X WO~K.