Payment of allowance to witnesses
46.  A Coroner holding an inquiry may, in his discretion, order payment out of the Consolidated Fund to any of the witnesses as he thinks fit, of the expenses incurred by them in attending that inquiry and also compensation for their trouble and loss of time, subject to such rules as may be prescribed under the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68) in relation to the payment of witnesses’ expenses.
[CPC, s. 406]