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Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1976
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### 5A Amount of costs
> > (1) In determining the amount of costs to be granted in an order made under [section 4](#GS4@EN) or [5](#GS5@EN) that is just and reasonable, the court may have regard to any scale of costs, fees, or expenses prescribed or agreed upon under any enactment.
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> > (2) Where, in an order made under [section 4](#GS4@EN) or [5](#GS5@EN) , the court has regard to any scale of costs, fees, or expenses prescribed or agreed upon under any enactment, it shall specify in the order that scale.
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> > (3) The Registrar of the Supreme Court or the Clerk of the Petty Sessions, as the case may be, shall, if directed by the Court to do so, tax any costs granted by the court under this Act.
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> > (4) Any taxation of costs made pursuant to [subsection (3)](#GS5A@Gs3@EN) may be subject to review by the magistrate or judge presiding in the proceedings in respect of which the costs are granted.