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Justices Act 1886
sec.157Costs on conviction or order
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### sec.157 Costs on conviction or order
In all cases of summary convictions and orders including such a conviction for an indictable offence, the justices making the same may, in their discretion, order by the conviction or order that the defendant shall pay to the complainant such costs as to them seem just and reasonable.
s 157 amd 1964 No. 32 s 71