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. Los gastos ordinarios que se deriven del cumplimiento de las solicitudes en el territorio del Estado requerido correrán a cargo de éste, con excepción de los siguientes, que correrán a cargo de la Corte:
(a) Gastos relacionados con el viaje y la seguridad de los testigos y peritos, o el traslado, con arreglo al artículo 93, de personas detenidas;
(b) Gastos de traducción, interpretación y transcripción;
(c) Gastos de viaje y dietas de los magistrados, el fiscal, los fiscales adjuntos, el secretario, el secretario adjunto y los funcionarios de cualquier órgano de la Corte;
(d) Costo de los informes o dictámenes periciales solicitados por la Corte;
(e) Gastos relacionados con el transporte de la persona que entregue a la Corte un Estado de detención; y
(f) Previa consulta, todos los gastos extraordinarios que puedan ser resultado del cumplimiento de una solicitud.
2. Las disposiciones del párrafo 1 serán aplicables, según proceda, a las solicitudes hechas por los Estados Partes a la Corte. En ese caso, los gastos ordinarios que se deriven de su cumplimiento correrán a cargo de la Corte.