Section 385 of Criminal Procedure Code CAP 75: Magistrates empowered to hold inquests

A magistrate empowered to hold a subordinate court of the first, or second class, and a magistrate specially empowered in that behalf by the Chief Justice, shall be empowered to hold inquests.

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