(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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