Inquiry into accidents
42.—(1)  Whenever the Public Prosecutor or a Deputy Public Prosecutor is of opinion that an inquiry should be held into the nature and cause of any accident of which notice is required to be given under section 41 he may by written order direct any Magistrate or the Port Master to hold an inquiry into the nature and cause of the accident.
(2)  A Magistrate or the Port Master holding an inquiry under subsection (1) shall have for the purposes of the inquiry all the powers of a Magistrate’s Court conducting an inquiry under the Criminal Procedure Code [Cap. 68].
(3)  The Magistrate or the Port Master shall on the conclusion of the inquiry forward to the Public Prosecutor or to a Deputy Public Prosecutor a copy of the proceedings and a report in writing as to the nature and cause of the accident and shall state whether in his opinion it was caused by design or was the result of accident or of negligence stating the full particulars of the case and the reasons for the conclusions he has arrived at.
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