Cap. 9 Art. 392CPaymentofcosts upon admission of guilt.

(1) Upon an admission of guilt by the accused, whether during the examination or at any stage of the proceedings, the court shall, before proceeding to pronounce judgement, ascertain whether an inquiry relating to the or a has been held and in genere repertus if in the affirmative, the court shall, in pronouncing judgement or in any subsequent order, sentence the person convicted or the persons convicted, jointly or severally, to the payment, wholly or in part, to the registrar, of the costs incurred in connection with the employment in the proceedings of any expert or referee, including such experts as would have been appointed in the examination of the process verbal of the inquiry, within such period and in such amount as shall be determined in the judgement or order:

Provided that where the said costs are not yet determined at time of pronouncing the judgement or in the event that any expert or referee has not presented his report or the process verbal has not been concluded, the Registrar is empowered to determine the costs, and to proceed to their recovery from the person or persons convicted, wholly or in part, as directed by the court in its judgement: Provided further that the Court shall, before proceeding to pronounce judgement as aforesaid and in making an order in terms of article 23B, ascertain whether an order as is referred to in articles 23A and 23D has been made, and if in the affirmative, the provisions of this sub-article shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to any such order.

(2) The provisions of article 533 shall mutatis mutandis apply to any order made under this article.