Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANDATORY AUTOPSY OF ANY PERSON WHO DIED IN A VIOLENT, SUSPICIOUS, QUESTIONABLE, UNUSUAL AND/OR UNNATURAL MANNER, THE CONDITIONS FOR THE PROPER ISSUANCE OF THE DEATH CERTIFICATE OF SAID PERSON AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date filed
August 1, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 1899, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MANDATORY AUTOPSY OF ANY PERSON WHO DIED IN A VIOLENT, SUSPICIOUS, QUESTIONABLE, UNUSUAL AND/OR UNNATURAL MANNER, THE CONDITIONS FOR THE PROPER ISSUANCE OF THE DEATH CERTIFICATE OF SAID PERSON AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| ABSTRACT : "Autopsy Act of 2001". The State shall, in the interest of law, justice and public order, conduct a mandatory or compulsory forensic autopsy in cases of death due to violence, or suspicious or questionable or unusual or unnatural casues. > The autopsy shall be conducted in a manner that will ensure the proper determination of the cause, manner and other surrounding circumstances of death, and must rule out every other possible and conceivable contributing cause. The standards and procedures inthe conduct of the autopsy shall be contained in the rules and regulations issued pursued to this Act. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : PINGOY, ARTHUR "DODO" JR. Y. M.D. | |
| DATE FILED : 2001-08-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Antonino-custodio | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Echiverri (025 ) | 2. Teodoro (088 ) |
| 3. Syjuco (067 ) | |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| COMMITTEE ACTION: chnge of ctte. ref'l from Revision of Laws as per J.36; p.11 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE ON 2001-08-07 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON APPROPRIATIONS |
Abstract
"Autopsy Act of 2001". The State shall, in the interest of law, justice and public order, conduct a mandatory or compulsory forensic autopsy in cases of death due to violence, or suspicious or questionable or unusual or unnatural casues. > The autopsy shall be conducted in a manner that will ensure the proper determination of the cause, manner and other surrounding circumstances of death, and must rule out every other possible and conceivable contributing cause. The standards and procedures inthe conduct of the autopsy shall be contained in the rules and regulations issued pursued to this Act.
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