CROWN COUNSEL'S FEES ORDINANCE, 1903

CROWN COUNSEL'S FEES ORDINANCE, 1903

No. 17 of 1903, repealed by No. 8 of 1912.

No. 18 of 1903, repealed by No. 5 of 1905.

No. 19 of 1903, repealed by No. 42 of 1912.

No. 20 of 1903, repealed by No. 31 of 1911.

No. 21 of 1903, repealed by No. 34 Of 1910.

No. 22 of 1903, repealed by No. 2 of 1904.

No. 23 of 1903, incorporated in No. 1 Of 1903,
repealed by No. 7 of 1935.

No. 24 of 1903.

An Ordinance to Provide for payment of counsel's fees in
certain cases in which the Attorney General appears.

[31st December, 1903.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Crown Counsel's Fees
Ordinance, 1903.

2.-(1) If in any cause or proceeding before any court or
tribunal any party, for whom the Attorney General or any
Assistant Attorney General or any counsel attached to the
Attorney General's department appears or acts as Counsel,
obtains an order for costs against any other party, such costs
shall, unless the court or tribunal otherwise orders, include
counsel's fees and shall be taxed against and payable by the
party against whom the order is made.

(2) If by reason of any custom, rule, regulation or arrange-
ment any Attorney General or any Assistant Attorney General
or any counsel attached to the Attorney General's department so
appearing or acting as aforesaid is not allowed to retain such
fees, the fees included in such costs so taxed when recovered
shall be paid into the general revenue.

[s. 3, rep. Law Revision Ordinance, 1939.]

As amended by No. 19 of 1934 [27.7.34].
[Originally No. 24 of 1903. No. 19 of 1934. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Taxation of Attorney General's fees in costs against parties to actions.

[Originally No. 24 of 1903. No. 19 of 1934. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Taxation of Attorney General's fees in costs against parties to actions.

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