Section 313

Notwithstanding anything in section 307, the Public

Prosecutor may at any time direct a Magistrate to hold an inquest under this

Chapter into the cause of, and the circumstances connected with, any death such as is referred to in sections 303 and 308, and the Magistrate to whom such direction is given shall thereupon proceed to hold an inquest and shall record his finding as to the cause of death and also as to any of the circumstances connected therewith with regard to which the Public

Prosecutor may have directed him to make inquiry.

When the proceedings at any inquest under this Chapter have been closed and it appears to the Public Prosecutor that further investigation is necessary, the Public Prosecutor may direct the Magistrate to reopen the inquest and to make further investigation, and thereupon the Magistrate shall have full power to reopen the inquest and make further investigation and thereafter to proceed in the same manner as if the proceedings at the inquest had not been closed:

Provided that this subsection does not apply to any inquest at which a finding of murder or culpable homicide not amounting to murder has been returned against any person.

When giving any direction under this section, the Public

Prosecutor may also direct whether the body shall or shall not be exhumed.

All directions given under this section shall be complied with by the Magistrate to whom they are addressed without unnecessary delay.

If it is made to appear to the Public Prosecutor that it is expedient that an inquest commenced by one Magistrate should be continued by another, he may direct both Magistrates accordingly and the Magistrates shall comply with the direction.