(1) The magistrate who carries out the further inquiry referred to in section 276 shall have prerogative of the Examining Magistrate. He may interrogate the defendant, hear witnesses and proceed where necessary with searches and seizures, give rogatory commissions and issue warrants.
However, he may neither decide on an application for bail nor make an order closing the inquiry.
(2) He shall, at the end of his mission, return the inquiry file to the inquiry Control Chamber.
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