Criminal Procedure.
ment should not be given against him, but upon a verdict of guilty being returned by the jury in any case it shall be lawful for the judge, failing any motion in arrest of judgment, forthwith to pass sentence upon the accused. [71
Costs and compensation.
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award costs
person
indictable
74. (1) It shall be lawful for the court, on the conviction of any person for an indictable offence, in addition to such sentence as may otherwise by law be passed, to condemn such person to the payment of the whole or any part of the costs or expenses incurred in and about the prosecution and conviction for the offence of which he is convicted.
(2) The payment of such costs and expenses or any part thereof may be ordered by the court to be made out of any moneys taken from such person on his apprehension, or may be enforced at the instance of any person liable to pay or who may have paid the same in such and the same manner as the payment of any costs ordered to be paid by judgment or order of the Supreme Court in any civil action or proceeding may be enforced: Provided that in the meantime and until the recovery of such costs and expenses from the person so convicted as aforesaid or from his estate, the same shall be paid and provided for in the same manner as if this Ordinance had not been passed; and any money which may be recovered in respect thereof from the person so convicted, or from his estate, shall be applicable to the reimbursement of any person or fund by whom or out of which such costs and expenses may have been paid or defrayed.
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[cf. 33 & 34 Vict. c. 23, s. 3.]
pensation to person defrauded or injured.
75. (1) It shall be lawful for the court, on the application of any person aggrieved and immediately after the conviction of any person for an indictable offence, to award any sum of money, not exceeding one thousand dollars, by way of satisfaction or compensation for any loss of property suffered by the applicant through or by means of the said offence.
(2) The amount awarded for such satisfaction or compensation shall be deemed a judgment debt due to the person entitled to receive the same from the person so convicted.
[cf. 33 & 34 Vict. c. 23, s. 4.]
24 of 1950, Schedule.