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Rh (4) Where an inquiry is adjourned under subsection (1), it shall be the duty of—
 * (a) the District Judge or Magistrate before whom the criminal proceedings referred to in subsection (1) are concluded; or
 * (b) the Registrar of the Supreme Court, in the case of any criminal proceedings before the High Court or the Court of Appeal,

to inform the Coroner responsible for holding the inquiry of the result of the criminal proceedings in relation to the subject of the inquiry.

(5) In this section, “criminal proceedings” means the proceedings before—
 * (a) a Magistrate at any committal proceeding;
 * (b) any court by which a person is tried; or
 * (c) any court before which an appeal from the decision of the court referred to in paragraph (b) is heard,

and criminal proceedings shall not be deemed to be concluded until no further appeal can be made in the course of them.

Adjournment of inquiry when commission or committee appointed under Inquiries Act

40.—(1) If, before the conclusion of an inquiry by a Coroner, a commission of inquiry or committee of inquiry is appointed under the Inquiries Act (Cap. 139A) to inquire into any matter relating to the cause of or circumstances connected with the death which is the subject of the Coroner’s inquiry, the Coroner shall adjourn his inquiry until after the conclusion of the inquiry by that commission or committee.

(2) Where a Coroner resumes his inquiry after the conclusion of the inquiry by the commission or committee referred to in subsection (1), he shall continue with his inquiry from the stage at which it was adjourned, and may have regard to any report or finding by the commission or committee which the Coroner considers relevant to his inquiry.

(3) If, having regard to the report of the inquiry by the commission or committee referred to in subsection (1), there has been a finding in that inquiry as to the cause of and circumstances connected with the death, and the Coroner decides not to resume his inquiry, he shall—