___________________ moved that HB 1160 be amended as follows:
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Section 2. That
§
23A-27A-38
be repealed.
23A-27A-38.
Immediately after the execution a post-mortem examination of the body of the
defendant shall be made by the physicians present and they shall report in writing the result of their
examination stating the nature thereof and the finding made, which report shall be annexed to the
return mentioned in § 23A-27A-40 and filed therewith.
Section 3. That
§
23A-27A-39
be amended to read as follows:
23A-27A-39.
After the post-mortem examination the
The
body of the defendant, unless claimed
by some relative, shall be interred in a cemetery within the county where the penitentiary is situated.
Section 4. That
§
23A-27A-40
be amended to read as follows:
23A-27A-40.
The warden or prison officer attending the execution and in charge thereof
must
shall
immediately prepare and sign a certificate and return setting forth the time, place, and manner
thereof, and that the defendant was then and there executed in conformity to the judgment of the
court and the provisions of this chapter.
He
The warden or prison officer
shall sign the certificate and
return and shall also procure the same to be signed by all the persons present and witnessing the
execution and shall thereupon cause the certificate
together with the certificate of the post-mortem
examination mentioned in § 23A-27A-38
to be filed within ten days after the execution in the office
of the clerk of the court where the trial and conviction of the defendant was had.
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