SECTION 145

(1) The holding charge shall be forwarded to the Examining Magistrate through the President of the court. (2) The State Counsel may at any stage of the preliminary inquiry, by an act known as an additional holding charge, request the Examining Magistrate to perform any acts which he deems necessary for the discovery of the truth and in particular to prefer new charges. In this regard, the State Counsel shall ask for the inquiry file and return it to the Examining Magistrate with the additional holding charge within forty-eight (48) hours. (3) Whenever the Examining Magistrate forwards the file of the inquiry to the State Counsel, he shall, by a ruling, make an order known as a forwarding order which shall be included in the said file. (4) Where the Examining Magistrate does not deem it necessary to act as required by the State Counsel, he shall, by a ruling, make a reasoned order known as an order of refusal of further inquiry which shall be notified to the State Counsel within twenty-four (24) hours. Courtesy of the Cameroon Center for Demoncracy and Human Rights – CCDHR: www.ccdhr.org 38