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Offences Against the Person Act 1861

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74On a Conviction for Assault the Court may order Payment of the Prosecutor's Costs by the Defendant.

Where any Person shall be convicted on any Indictment of any Assault, whether with or without Battery and Wounding, or either of them, such Person may, if the Court think fit, in addition to any Sentence which the Court may deem proper for the Offence, be adjudged to pay to the Prosecutor his actual and necessary Costs and Expenses of the Prosecution, and such moderate Allowance for the Loss of Time as the Court shall by Affidavit or other Inquiry and Examination ascertain to be reasonable; and, unless the Sum so awarded shall be sooner paid, the Offender shall be imprisoned for any Term the Court shall award, not exceeding Three Months, in addition to the Term of Imprisonment (if any) to which the Offender may be sentenced for the Offence.

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