Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 296

296. (1) On the death of any person, the physician or surgeon in attendance during the last illness who of his own personal knowledge or from information obtained from any other person is aware of such death shall, without delay, give notice thereof in writing, manually or electronically signed as defined in Regula tion (EU) No. 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services fo r electronic transactions in the internal market, according to Fo rm F in Part II of the First Schedule to this Code, to the officer char ged with the duty of drawing up the act of death, specifying the ho use or other place in which such per son died, the cause of death, a nd the hour at which t he death occurred. (2) Such physician or surgeon may deliver the notice to any adult member of the family of th e deceased, to be transmitted t o the officer above-mentioned or such notice may be delivered by elec tronic means. (3) The provisions of this articl e shall not apply, if the decea sed is one of the persons, on the occasion of whose death the drawi ng up of an act of death is not, under the provisions of article 2 35, required for the purposes of this law. by members of family. Amended by: XLIII.2018.11.