Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 650

650. (1) In all cases where for the examination of any person or thing special knowledge or skill is required, a reference to experts shall be ordered. Choice of experts. (2) The experts shall be chosen by the court: Appointment of official experts. Provided that the Minister responsible for Justice may, after consultation with the Chief Justice, appoint one or more person s as official experts for the purpose of reporting on matters requir ed by other provisions of this Code requiring special technical skill or knowledge, and when such persons are appointed, the court shall CRIMINAL CODE [CAP. 9. 403 choose such experts from among those persons who may be on a roster system. Taxation of fees of official experts. (3) For the purposes of article 533, the fees of the official experts for services rendered in any particular case shall be t axed by the registrar in the same manner provided for the taxation o f the fees due to other experts. Number of experts. (4) As a rule the experts shall be appointed in an uneven number. Directions to experts. ( 5 ) T h e c o u r t s h a l l , w h e n e v e r i t i s e x p e d i e n t , g i v e t o t h e experts the necessary directions , and allow them a time within which to make their report. The Court of Magistrat es, whether sitting as a court of crimina l judicature or as a court of inquiry, may moreover empower the expert or the experts, if more t han one expert have been appoin ted, to receive documents and to examine witnesses on oath in the presence of the accused and, in any such case, the court shall not require further evidence in resp ect of the documents so produce d or further examine the witnesses so examined, unless the court dee ms it necessary or unless the accuse d makes a request to that effe ct. Where more than one expert have been appointed, the court shall designate the expert who is empowered to administer the oath. (6) The Court’s decisi on to appoint experts shall be reduced to writing and shall be served on the experts so appointed. Challenge of experts. Added by: XI.1900.90. Cap. 12.