(cf. 16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 30, s. 20 (2)).
Ordinance No. 41 of 1932.
Ordinance No. 41 of 1932.
(cf. Ordin- ance No. 7 of 1896, s. 14).
Substitution for Ordin- ance No. 5 of 1888, 8. 16.
Power to the Attorney General to require inquiry to be held.
Substitution for Ordin-
ance No. 5 of 1888, s. 18.
Power to the Attorney General
to direct further investiga- tion in
certain
cases.
Repeal of
ss. 15 and 19 of
Ordinance
No. 5 of
1888.
Addition
of new
Form
No. 5 to Schedule to Ordinance No. 5 of 1888.
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Provided that no person who has been charged on indict- ment may be charged with any offence of which he could have been convicted on the indictment.
(b) Every person who has been committed to prison as aforesaid may at any time require from the magistrate's clerk copies of the depositions on which such committal has been made, on payment of the like fees as are by law payable for copies of depositions under section 81 (4) of the Magistrates Ordinance, 1932.
(c) When the magistrate has committed any person to prison under the provisions of this section any magistrate may, if he thinks fit, admit such person to bail in the same cases and in the same manner as is provided in section 97 of the Magistrates Ordinance, 1932, and thereupon such person, if in custody, shall be discharged therefrom.
(2) The magistrate shall have the power to make such order as may be necessary for the purposes of any inquiry which he is empowered by this Ordinance to hold, or with regard to the disposal of any body which may be the subject of such inquiry.
9. Section 16 of the Coroner's Abolition Ordinance, 1888, is repealed, and the following section is substituted therefor
16. The Attorney General may require the magistrate to hold an inquiry into the cause of and the circumstances connected with the death of any person.
10. Section 18 of the Coroner's Abolition Ordinance, 1888, is repealed, and the following section is substituted therefor
18. Where the proceedings at any inquiry have been closed by the magistrate and it appears to the Attorney General that further investigation is necessary, the Attorney General may require the magistrate to re-open such inquiry and make further investigation, and thereupon the magistrate shall re-open the inquiry and make further investigation and there- after proceed in the same manner as if the proceedings at such inquiry had not been closed.
11. Sections 15 and 19 of the Coroner's Abolition Ordinance, 1888, are repealed.
12. The Schedule to the Coroner's Abolition Ordinance, 1888, is amended by the addition thereto of the following form immediately after form No. 4:--
FORM NO. 5.
Warrant of Commitment.
Ts. 14.7
To each and all of the constables of Hong Kong and to the Superintendent of Prisons.
Whereas at proceedings taken before me, a magistrate of the said Colony, under the provisions of the Coroner's Abolition Ordinance, 1888, with respect to the death of A.B. and duly taken and held this
day of 19 at
it appears
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