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 If the death occurs as a result of an action of an official whilst performing a public service by virtue of his duty, the inquest requires the participation of a judge of the court of the first instance in whose territory the locality where the inquest is conducted is.

It shall be the duty of the inquiry official to inform those who have to duty to conduct the inquest.

Whenever it is necessary in order to discover the cause of death, the official conducting the inquest has the power to order dissection of a corpse and analysis of any parts thereof, or may have a corpse sent in whole or in part to a government physician or analyst.

The government physician or analyst shall do as follows:

make a report on the condition of the corpse or parts thereof as seen or shown from the inspection, accompanied by an opinion thereon;

indicate the cause of death as well as he can;

affix the day, month, year, and signature to the report and send it to the official conducting the inquest.