(1) Where an inquest is held on any dead body, the coroner shall inquire into the particulars required to be registered concerning the death and shall send to the District Registrar, within 3 days after his or her finding on the inquest, a certificate under his or her hand giving information concerning the death and specifying his or her finding with respect to the particulars and to the cause of death, and specifying the time and place at which the inquest was held.
(2) Where the District Registrar receives a certificate from the coroner, the District Registrar shall—
(a) if it has not been previously registered in the Register of Deaths, record the death together with the date of the inquisition, the name of the coroner and his or her finding; or
(b) if the death has been registered, enter the date of the inquisition, the name of the coroner and his or her finding; and
(c) forward the record of the death to the Registrar.
(3) Where an inquest is held on any dead body, a person shall not with respect to such dead body or death, be liable to give information under section 19 or to attend on a requisition of a District Registrar under section 20 or be subject to any penalty for failing to give any information under section 19 or 20.