Verdict or finding of jury

(1) After the whole of the evidence is closed and the statement of the accused person, if any, has been taken down, the coroner at an inquest shall sum up the evidence and then proceed to take the verdict of the jury, the finding of the majority being for that purpose sufficient, and the verdict shall thereupon be reduced into writing in Form 6 of the Schedule to this Act, and authenticated by the signature or mark of the jurors finding it and countersigned by the coroner. 20 (2) The coroner at an inquiry shall record in writing his finding on the evidence, and that finding shall have the same effect as if it were the verdict of a jury.