66
CurrentInvestigation costs, accused may be ordered to pay
66 Investigation costs, accused may be ordered to pay
(1)
If a court convicts a person of an offence against this Act, the court, on an application by the prosecutor, may order the person to pay any reasonable costs or expenses that were incurred by the State —
(a)
in exercising the powers in Part 6 Division 2;
(b)
in transporting, storing or destroying, or otherwise disposing of, substances, articles or other material; or
(c)
in submitting any thing to an examination or to testing,
in connection with investigating and prosecuting the offence.
(2)
An order made under subsection (1) does not form part of the sentence imposed for the offence.
[Section 66 amended: No. 84 of 2004 s. 80.]
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