178 Laws of Malaysia Act 593 Provided that this subsection shall not apply to any inquiry at which a finding of murder or culpable homicide not amounting to murder has been returned against any person. (3) When giving any direction under this section the Public Prosecutor may also direct whether the body shall or shall not be exhumed. (4) All directions given under this section shall be complied with by the Magistrate to whom they are addressed without unnecessary delay. Admissibility of medical report in certain cases 340. (1) Where on the trial of any person charged with culpable homicide amounting to murder or culpable homicide not amounting to murder it is proved that the Medical Officer who made the post-mortem examination of the body of the deceased person is dead or is absent from Malaysia, it shall be lawful to receive any report of that Medical Officer made under the provisions of this Code as evidence with regard to the appearances of the body when examined by that Medical Officer and as regards the cause of death. (2) Such evidence shall be subject to such deduction from its weight as the Court deems proper to make by reason of that report not having been made upon oath and the accused person not having any opportunity of cross-examination. Custody of proceedings 341. The Public Prosecutor shall from time to time cause to be delivered to the Registrar all proceedings transmitted to him under this Chapter, and thereupon the Registrar shall take charge of those proceedings and shall keep a proper index of them. Power to revise 341a. Chapter XXXI shall also apply to all proceedings under this Chapter.