Section 18: Bill of costs

18. Bill of costs (1) In any proceedings in which a law officer or a State Attorney has appeared, any bill of costs, including Counsel and attorney’s fees, due to the party for whom the law officer or the State Attorney appeared, shall be taxed as against the losing party in the same manner as if the law officer or the State Attorney had been entitled to receive such fees as Counsel or attorney. (2) The amount of any such bill shall, when recovered, be paid into the Consolidated Fund. [S. 18 amended by Act 48 of 1991.] SCHEDULE [Section 2] PART I Chief State Attorney Deputy Chief State Attorney Principal State Attorney Senior State Attorney State Attorney PART II Attorney-General Solicitor-General Director of Public Prosecutions Deputy Solicitor-General/Parliamentary Counsel/Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions L7 – 3 [Issue 7] Law Officers Act SCHEDULE—continued Assistant Solicitor-General/Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Assistant Parliamentary Counsel/Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Principal State Counsel Senior State Counsel State Counsel [Sch. amended by Act 48 of 1991; Act 29 of 1992.] [Issue 7] L7 – 4