Section 267. Evidence for prosecution

(1) When, in any warrant-case instituted otherwise than on a police
report, the accused appears or is brought before a Magistrate, the Magistrate shall proceed to hear the
prosecution and take all such evidence as may be produced in support of the prosecution.

(2) The Magistrate may, on the application of the prosecution, issue a summons to any of its witnesses
directing him to attend or to produce any document or other thing.