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SUPREME COURT ACT 1935 - SECT 37

37 .         Costs

        (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).]



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