Section 1, The Coroners (Amend- Short title (1961)

This Ordinance may be cited as the Coroners (Amend- Short title.ment) Ordinance, 1961. (a) by renumbering the present section as subsection (1) of the section; 2, Section 25 of the Coroners Ordinance 1s hereby Amendment amended of Cap, 45. of section 25 A 182 No. 23 Coroners (Amend1ment) 1961 (6) by adding the following subscctions as subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of the scction (2) If on an inqucst the Coroner is informed before the termination of the proceedings that some person has becn charged before a Magistrate with the murder, manslaughter or infanticide of the deceased or with causing his death by reckless or dangerous driving he shall adjourn the inquest until after the conclusion of thc criminal proceedings and may if he thinks fit discharge the jury. (3) After the conclusion of the criminal proceed ings, the coroner may, subject as hereinafter provided, resume the adjourned inquest if he is of the opinion that there is sufficient cause to do so: Provided that, if in the course of the criminal proceedings any person has been charged on infor mation, then upon the resumed inquest, inquisition shall charge that person with an offence of which he could have been convicted on the information or contain any finding which is incon sistent with the determination of any matter by the no (4) Where the Coroner resumes an inquest which has been adjourned in accordance with the require ments of this section and the jury has been discharged, he shall proceed in all respects as if the inquest had not previously been begun. (5) It shall be the duty of the clerk of the Magistrate before whom a person is charged with murder, manslaughter, infanticide or causing death by reckless or dangerous driving to informn the Coroner who is responsible for holding an inquest on the body of the nmaking of the charge and of the committal for trial or discharge, as the case may be, of the person charged and it shall be the duty of the Master and Registrar and of the Registrar of the Sierra Leone and the Gambia Court of Appeal to inform the Coroner of the result of the proceedings. (6) For the purposes of this section criminal proceedings shall not be deemed to be concluded until no further appeal can, without an extension of time being granted by the Sierra Leone and the Gambia Court of Appeal, be made in the course thereof.'". result of those proceedings. No. 23 Coroners (Amendment) 1961 M.P. O.P.M. 10/20. A 183 Passed in the House of Representatives this 8th day of March,the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one. S. V. WRIGHT, Clerk of the House of Representatives. THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully compared by me the Bill which has passed the House of Representatives and found by me tobe a true and corTect copy of the said Bill. a S. V. WRIGHT; Clerk of the House of Representatives.