176 Laws of Malaysia Act 593 (2) In all other cases the Magistrate shall proceed as soon as may be to hold an inquiry under this Chapter. (3) It shall not be necessary for the Magistrate to hold any inquiry under this Chapter or to make any report under subsection (1) if any criminal proceedings have been instituted against any person in respect of any act connected with the death of the deceased or such hurt as caused the death. Inquiry into cause of death of a person in custody of police or in any asylum 334. When any person dies while in the custody of the police or in a psychiatric hospital or prison, the officer who had the custody of that person or was in charge of that psychiatric hospital or prison, as the case may be, shall immediately give intimation of such death to the nearest Magistrate, and the Magistrate or some other Magistrate shall, in the case of a death in the custody of the police, and in other cases may, if he thinks expedient, hold an inquiry into the cause of death. Powers of Magistrate 335. (1) A Magistrate holding an inquiry under this Chapter shall have all the powers which he would have in holding an inquiry into an offence. (2) A Magistrate holding an inquiry under this Chapter if he considers it expedient that the body of the deceased person should be examined by a Medical Officer in order to discover the cause of death may, whether a post-mortem examination has been made under section 331 or not, issue his order to a Medical Officer to make a post-mortem examination of the body, and may for that purpose order the body to be exhumed. Magistrate may view body 336. It shall not be necessary for a Magistrate holding an inquiry to view the body of the deceased, but the Magistrate may if he considers it expedient view the body, and may for that purpose cause the body to be exhumed.