Section 347.   Local inspection.

(1) Any Judge or Magistrate may, at any stage of any inquiry, trial or other
proceeding, after due notice to the parties, visit and inspect any place in which an offence
is alleged to have been committed, or any other place in which it is in his opinion necessary
to view for the purpose of properly appreciating the evidence given at such inquiry or trial,
and shall without unnecessary delay record a memorandum of any relevant facts observed
at such inspection.
(2) Such memorandum shall form part of the record of the case and if the prosecutor,
complainant or accused or any other party to the case, so desires, a copy of the memorandum
shall be furnished to him free of cost.