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 death caused by another person;

death caused by an animal;

death caused by an accident;

death of a cause not yet known.

Wherever an unnatural death occurs, it shall be the duty of the husband, wife, relative, friend, or guardian of the deceased who has learnt of such death to proceed with it as follows:

keep the corpse at the very place of its finding in so far as possible;

go inform an administrative or police official as promptly as possible.

The duty stated in the first paragraph extends to other persons who find the corpse in a place where no husband, wife, relative, friend, or guardian of the deceased is present.

Whoever fails to perform the duty prescribed in this section shall be held guilty and be punished with a fine of not over a hundred baht.

An inquiry official of the locality where a corpse is, together with a subdistrict physician or other physician, shall conduct an inquest promptly and shall record the details of the inquest.