Lawyer: Death cert can be issued even if no body is found


PETALING JAYA: The next of kin of the missing 239 passengers of the ill-fated flight MH370 can obtain a death certificate even though their bodies are not found.

Lawyer Gobind Singh Deo said Section 329 (6) of the Criminal Procedure Code provided for inquests where body of deceased was believed to be in a place from which it cannot be recovered.

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