Costs payable by defendant in certain criminal proceedings
189A Costs payable by defendant in certain criminal proceedings
This section does not apply to—
a defendant who enters a written plea of guilty in accordance with section 57A.
If the Magistrates Court finds a defendant guilty in proceedings for an offence prosecuted by a police officer, the Magistrates Court must, subject to subsection (3), make an order for costs against the defendant for—
if an amount is prescribed by regulation for the purposes of this subsection—the prescribed amount; or
if no such amount is prescribed—$100.
If the prosecution agrees that an order under subsection (2) should not be made, the Magistrates Court may instead make some other order as to costs (or may make no order as to costs).
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