PART II

Costs in Criminal Cases

Award of costs against accused

Award of costs against accused
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1
Where—
a
any person is convicted of an offence before a magistrates' court;
b
the Crown Court dismisses an appeal against such a conviction or against the sentence imposed on that conviction; or
c
any person is convicted of an offence before the Crown Court;
the court may make such order as to the costs to be paid by the accused to the prosecutor as it considers just and reasonable.
2
Where the Court of Appeal dismisses—
a
an appeal or application for leave to appeal under Part I of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 ; or
b
an application by the accused for leave to appeal to the House of Lords under Part II of that Act;
it may make such order as to the costs to be paid by the accused, to such person as may be named in the order, as it considers just and reasonable.
3
The amount to be paid by the accused in pursuance of an order under this section shall be specified in the order.
4
Where any person is convicted of an offence before a magistrates' court and—
a
under the conviction the court orders payment of any sum as a fine, penalty, forfeiture or compensation; and
b
the sum so ordered to be paid does not exceed £5 ;
the court shall not order the accused to pay any costs under this section unless in the particular circumstances of the case it considers it right to do so.
5
Where any person under the age of seventeen is convicted of an offence before a magistrates' court, the amount of any costs ordered to be paid by the accused under this section shall not exceed the amount of any fine imposed on him.
6
Costs ordered to be paid under subsection (2) above may include the reasonable cost of any transcript of a record of proceedings made in accordance with rules of court made for the purposes of section 32 of the Act of 1968.
1968 c. 19.