1980 Ed.]
Coroners
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17. (1) No coroner shall admit any person to bail for treason or murder, nor shall such person be admitted to bail except by order of a judge.
(2) Subject to subsection (1) when a coroner has committed any person to prison under section 16(1), the coroner may in his discretion admit such person to bail, on his procuring or producing such surety or sureties as, in the opinion of the coroner, will be sufficient to ensure the appearance of such person at the time and the place when he is to be tried for the offence for which he had been committed and thereupon the coroner shall take the recognizance of such person and his surety or sureties conditioned for his appearance at the time and place of trial and that he will then surrender and take his trial and will not depart the court without leave,
Bail.
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Power of coroner to order exhumation. (Cap. 132.) & Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance
18. Notwithstanding anything contained in Part XI of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, a coroner may order the exhumation of the body of any person, or the remains of the body of any person, for the purpose of inquiring into the cause of death of such person in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.
19. If, after the conclusion of an inquiry, the Attorney General so requests, the coroner shall deliver to the Attorney General- (Amended, 49 of 1980, s. 7)
(a) the depositions taken by him on such inquiry;
(b) any documents which have been produced in evidence;
(c) a list signed by the coroner of all exhibits produced in evidence; and
(d) a certificate in the prescribed form duly filled up and signed by him.
20. Notwithstanding that an inquiry has been concluded, the Attorney General may, if it appears to him that further investigation is necessary, require the coroner to reopen such inquiry and make further investigation, and thereupon the coroner shall reopen the inquiry and proceed to make further investigation in the same manner as if the proceedings at such inquiry had not been concluded.
21. The Governor may from time to time by order published in the Gazette, prescribe the fees to be paid to any medical practitioner, not being a public officer, who has made a post-mortem examination pursuant to the order of a coroner under section 5 or section 6.
(Amended, 57 of 1971, s. 2)
22. The Chief Justice may make rules-
(a) for regulating the practice and procedure at or in connexion with inquiries and post-mortem examinations;
(b) prescribing the forms to be used under this Ordinance.
Forwarding depositions.
Power to Attorney General to direct further investigation in certain cases.
Fees for medical evidence.
Rules.
[cf. 1926 c. 59, s. 26.)