Appeal Costs Fund Act 1968
5Additional fee to be paid in certain cases
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5 Additional fee to be paid in certain cases
(1) [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 38 of 2015, s. 11, Applied:13 Oct 2015] [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 38 of 2015, s. 11, Applied:13 Oct 2015] [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 13 of 2012, s. 5, Applied:30 May 2012] *[Section 5 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 89 of 1986, s. 4 ]*On the sealing of a writ to be issued out of the Supreme Court or on the filing of a claim in the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) or a court of general sessions there is payable, in addition to any fee payable under any other law, such fee as may be prescribed by the regulations.
(2) [Section 5 Subsection (2) amended by No. 2 of 2022, Sched. 1, Applied:18 Mar 2022] *[Section 5 Subsection (2) amended by No. 89 of 1986, s. 4 ]*Where by a conviction or order made on the hearing of a complaint under the Justices Act 1959 (other than a conviction or order made in the Supreme Court) a fine is imposed on a person or a person is ordered to pay a sum of money, either with or without costs or for costs alone, that person shall pay to the appropriate clerk of petty sessions the prescribed fee in addition to the other fees (if any) ordered, pursuant to section 137 of that Act , to be paid by that person.
(3) A fee that is required to be paid by a person pursuant to subsection (2) shall, for the purposes of recovery, be deemed to be costs ordered to be paid under section 77 of the Justices Act 1959 .
(4) [Section 5 Subsection (4) amended by No. 38 of 2015, s. 11, Applied:13 Oct 2015] [Section 5 Subsection (4) amended by No. 38 of 2015, s. 11, Applied:13 Oct 2015] [Section 5 Subsection (4) amended by No. 38 of 2015, s. 11, Applied:13 Oct 2015] *[Section 5 Subsection (4) amended by No. 89 of 1986, s. 4 ]*The fee referred to in is not payable on or in respect of the sealing of a writ or the filing of a claim in a case where, by virtue of a provision of, or by virtue of any direction or approval given under, any Act, rule of court, or rule of practice the writ or claim may be sealed or filed without payment of a fee.