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YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1994 - SECT 57

57 .         Costs may be ordered to be paid

        (1)         On finding a young person guilty of an offence, whether or not any punishment is imposed or a conviction is recorded, the court may make an order as to the payment of costs incurred at or in relation to the proceedings.

        (2)         The order may direct the payment of such sum as the court thinks reasonable, either as one payment or by instalments, and in determining the amount to be paid, the court is to have regard to the means of the person against whom the order is made and the person’s ability to pay the amount ordered.



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