Division 3 —Costs and Compensation
Costs against accused or the prosecutor
150.— (1) A judge or magistrate may order any person convicted of an offence or discharged without conviction in accordance with law, to pay to a public or private prosecutor such reasonable costs as the judge or magistrate determines, in addition to any other penalty imposed.
(2) A judge or magistrate who acquits or discharges a person accused of an offence, may order the prosecutor, whether public or private, to pay to the accused such reasonable costs as the judge or magistrate determines
(3) An order shall not be made under sub-section (2) unless the judge or magistrate considers that the prosecutor either had no reasonable grounds for bringing the proceedings or has unreasonably prolonged the matter.
(4) A judge or magistrate may make any other order as to costs as may be required in the circumstances
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(a) defray the costs incurred by any party as a result of an adjournment sought by another party;
(b) recompense any party for any costs arising from any conduct by any other party which delays a trial or requires the expenditure of monies as a result of the conduct of that party during a trial;
(c) penalise a lawyer for any improper action during a trial, and in such a case the order may be that the lawyer pay the costs personally; and
(d) otherwise meet the interests of justice in any case.
(5) The costs awarded under this section may be awarded in addition to any compensation awarded by the court under this Decree or the Sentencing and Penalties Decree 2009.
(6) Payment of costs by the accused shall be enforceable in the same manner as a fine.
(7) In this section "private prosecutor" means any prosecutor other than a "public prosecutor.
Appeal against order to pay costs
151.—(1) An appeal shall lie to the High Court from any order awarding costs made by a magistrate. (2) The appellate court shall have power to give such costs of the appeal as it determines.
Fees and Costs
254.— (1) The fees applying to any appeal shall be fixed by Regulations made under this Decree, but any accused person who was represented at the trial by the Legal Aid Commission shall be exempt from any such fees.
(2) The High Court may make such order as to the costs to be paid by either party to an appeal as may seem just.
1. The ordinary costs for execution of requests in the territory of the requested State shall be borne by that State, except for the following, which shall be borne by the Court:
(a) Costs associated with the travel and security of witnesses and experts or the transfer under article 93 of persons in custody;
(b) Costs of translation, interpretation and transcription;
(c) Travel and subsistence costs of the judges, the Prosecutor, the Deputy Prosecutors, the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar and staff of any organ of the Court;
(d) Costs of any expert opinion or report requested by the Court;
(e) Costs associated with the transport of a person being surrendered to the Court by a custodial State; and
(f) Following consultations, any extraordinary costs that may result from the execution of a request.
2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall, as appropriate, apply to requests from States Parties to the Court. In that case, the Court shall bear the ordinary costs of execution.