(1) Subject to the
provisions of this Act and to the rules of court and to the express provisions
of the Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 , or any other Act, the
costs of and incidental to all proceedings in the Supreme Court, including the
administration of estates and trusts, shall be in the discretion of the Court
or judge, and the Court or judge shall have full power to determine by whom or
out of what estate, fund, or property, and to what extent such costs are to be
paid.
(2) Nothing in this
section shall alter the practice in proceedings in relation to the prerogative
and criminal jurisdiction of the Court.
[Section 37 amended: No. 65 of 2003 s. 130(5); No.
59 of 2004 s. 128.]
[Heading inserted: No. 19 of 2010 s. 44(2).]