Section 72:

72. Where death certificate is not produced (1) Where no medical certificate, as required by section 70, is produced to the Civil Status Officer at the time of the declaration of death, he shall report the death to the medical officer appointed under section 69. (2) The medical officer shall— (a) make such inquiry and examination as to the cause of death as he thinks necessary; and (b) issue the certificate as to the cause or probable cause of death. (3) Where for any reason no medical certificate is produced within 24 hours after death, the Sanitary Authority or the health inspector of the district on the report of the Civil Status Officer may authorise the issue of the permit of burial. [Issue 1] P49 – 28 Revised Laws of Mauritius 73. —