Section 20: When certificate is issued by coroner

(1) Where an inquest is held on and a certificate rendered in respect of any dead body under the provisions of the Coroners Law no person shall, with respect to such dead body or the death, be liable to attend upon a summons of the registrar or be subject to any penalty for failing to give information in pursuance of any provision of this Act, and a qualified medical practitioner shall not be required to give a medical certificate under section 19 of this Act.
(2) The fact of death and the particulars contained in the said certificate shall be entered in the prescribed form and manner.
(3) If the death had been previously registered, the particulars shall be so entered without any alteration of the original entry.