s 26 Power of Public Prosecutor to require inquiry
26. —(1) The Public Prosecutor may, in any case where a Coroner has jurisdiction and the Public Prosecutor is satisfied that an inquiry is necessary or desirable, require the Coroner to hold an inquiry into the death of any person. (2) The Public Prosecutor may direct that a body be exhumed if the Public Prosecutor is of the opinion that it is necessary to do so for the purposes of the inquiry. (3) Even though proceedings at any inquiry may have been concluded by a Coroner, where it appears to the Public Prosecutor that further investigations are necessary, the Public Prosecutor may direct the Coroner to re‑open the inquiry and make further investigations, and the Coroner must comply with those directions and then proceed in the same manner as if the proceedings at the inquiry had not been concluded. —(1) The Public Prosecutor may, in any case where a Coroner has jurisdiction and the Public Prosecutor is satisfied that an inquiry is necessary or desirable, require the Coroner to hold an inquiry into the death of any person. (2) The Public Prosecutor may direct that a body be exhumed if the Public Prosecutor is of the opinion that it is necessary to do so for the purposes of the inquiry. (3) Even though proceedings at any inquiry may have been concluded by a Coroner, where it appears to the Public Prosecutor that further investigations are necessary, the Public Prosecutor may direct the Coroner to re‑open the inquiry and make further investigations, and the Coroner must comply with those directions and then proceed in the same manner as if the proceedings at the inquiry had not been concluded.