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Justices Act 1959
98Power of justice to order defendant to pay costs
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98 Power of justice to order defendant to pay costs
(1) The costs of the proceedings for surety of the peace shall be paid in the first instance by the complainant; but the justice may, if he thinks fit, order that the defendant pay to the complainant such costs as he deems reasonable.
(2) Payment of costs which the justice may order to be paid by either party to the other shall be enforced in like manner as costs ordered to be paid under Part IX .