Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Nova Scotia. Medical Examiner for the City of Halifax and the Town of Dartmouth
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
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Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1895-
History
In 1895 the government of Nova Scotia amended the law respecting coroners to provide for the appointment of a licensed medical practitioner as the medical examiner for the City of Halifax and the Town of Dartmouth. The medical examiner was empowered to determine the deceased's identity and the time and method of death and to file a report with the Halifax County clerk of the crown and the appropriate stipendiary magistrate. The magistrate could then convene an inquiry and hear testimony if it was deemed necessary. In 1896 the act was amended to extend jurisdiction to include deaths occurring on the grounds of the Nova Scotia Hospital which at that time was beyond the Dartmouth municipal boundary.