§841-1 Who are coroners. The chief of police or his authorized subordinate of the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai, and the medical examiner of the city and county of Honolulu, shall, ex officio, be the coroner for his respective county. [L 1935, c 90, §1; am L 1939, c 104, §7; am L 1943, c 62, §21 and c 64, §22; RL 1945, §10901; RL 1955, §260-1; HRS §715-1; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1]