Section 111: Inquiry into violent or suspicious death

111. Inquiry into violent or suspicious death (1) In any of the cases specified in section 110, the Director of Public Prosecutions may (whether before or after receiving from the Magistrate the reports referred to) require the Magistrate to hold an inquiry into the cause of the death and circumstances connected with it, and thereupon the Magistrate shall hold such inquiry and shall proceed to take the depositions of those who know the facts and circumstances of the case. (2) The depositions shall be taken and recorded as depositions are taken at an inquiry under Part II and all witnesses shall be liable to the same penalties for non-attendance when summoned, and for giving false evidence as any witness in such inquiry. (3) In holding such inquiry the Magistrate may exercise any of the powers referred to in sections 50 and 110. (4) Such inquiry shall be held in open Court.