Section 146A — Sentencing Act 2002: A certificate of conviction for succession purposes
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146A A certificate of conviction for succession purposes (1) On or at any time after sentencing a person for an offence against any Act of unlawfully killing another person or child that has not become a person, a Court may certify that for the purposes of the Succession (Homicide) Act 2007 the person convicted is guilty of homicide of that other person or child that has not become a person. (2) A Court may issue a certificate under this section on the application of the informant, any interested person, or on its own initiative. Section 146A: inserted, on 17 November 2007, by section 17 of the Succession (Homicide) Act 2007 (2007 No 95).
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