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Part VI INQUESTS

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  1. 16Formality
  2. 17Inquest in public
  3. 18Days on which inquest not to be held
  4. 19Coroner to notify persons of inquest arrangements
  5. 20Entitlement to examine witnesses
  6. 21Examination of witnesses
  7. 22Self-incrimination
  8. 23Adjournment where inspector or representative of enforcing authority etc. is not present
  9. 24Notice to person whose conduct is likely to be called in question
  10. 25Adjournment where person whose conduct is called in question is not present
  11. 26Request by chief officer of police for adjournment
  12. 27Request by Director of Public Prosecutions for adjournment
  13. 28Coroner to adjourn in certain other cases
  14. 29Coroner to furnish certificate after adjournment
  15. 30Coroner's interim certificate of the fact of death
  16. 31Coroner to furnish certificate stating result of criminal proceedings
  17. 32Effect of institution of criminal proceedings
  18. 33Coroner to notify persons as to resumption of, and alteration of arrangements for, adjourned inquest
  19. 34Recognizance of witness or juror becoming void
  20. 35Coroner to notify Crown Court officer of adjournment in certain cases
  21. 36Matters to be ascertained at inquest
  22. 37Documentary evidence
  23. 38Exhibits
  24. 39Notes of evidence
  25. 40No addresses as to facts
  26. 41Summing-up and direction to jury
  27. 42Verdict
  28. 43Prevention of similar fatalities