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Cap. 9 · Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Cap. 9 Art. 533APaymentofcosts in cases instituted upon the complaint of the injured or aggrieved party, where the complainant waives the action.

Title V

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(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of article 380, in the case of proceedings instituted on the complaint of the injured or aggrieved party, where the complainant waives the action, the court shall in declaring the proceedings as extinguished or in any subsequent order, sentence the complainant or complainants, 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 of the inquiry, within such period procès -verbal and in such amount as shall be determined in the judgment or order.

(2) In default of payment of the costs as determined by the court, it shall be lawful for the registrar to recover the costs aforesaid as a civil debt, by making a declaration to that effect in the record of the case at any time after the declaration of extinction of proceedings is made.

(3) The recovery of the costs as a civil debt shall be obtained by an application to the same court for the enforcement of the judgment or order, in the manner laid down in the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure.

Amendment history
  • Amended by XXXI.2019.4