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Minister may amend Schedule
Cap. 124, s. 11 · Revised Edition 2020
The Minister may, from time to time, by Order published in the Gazette, amend the scale of allowances specified in the First and Second Schedules.
9 SCHEDULE 11 COSTS IN CRIMINAL CASES Witnesses Allowances Attending Supreme Court to Give Evidence in Criminal Cases [Section3] 1. To witnesses being members of any recognized profession, attending or leaving their places of residence or occupation for the purpose of attending to give professional evidence, for each day they necessarily attend or are absent from their places of residence or occupation for the purpose of attending the Court to give such evidence, a sum of .............................................................
$25.00 2. To witnesses not hereinbefore provided for, for attending or necessarily leaving their places of residence or occupation for the purpose of attending the Court, to give evidence, for each day a sum of .........................................
$20.00 3. To all witnesses their travelling expenses, as provided in section 2 of this Act.
4. If any witness attends and gives evidence in more cases than one at the same Court, he shall not be entitled to more than one payment in respect of compensation and travelling expenses in one case.
1 This Schedule was substituted by Act No. 8 of 2006 10 Costs in Criminal Cases SCHEDULE 22 COSTS IN CRIMINAL CASES Witnesses Allowances Attending Magistrate Court to Give Evidence In Preliminary Inquiry [Section 7] 1. To witnesses being members of any recognized profession, attending or leaving their places of residence or occupation for the purpose of attending to give professional evidence, for each day they necessarily attend or are absent from their places of residence or occupation for the purpose of attending the preliminary inquiry to give such evidence, a sum of .....................................
$25.00 2. To witnesses not hereinbefore provided for, for attending or necessarily leaving their places of residence or occupation for the purpose of attending the court, to give evidence for each day a sum ............................................ ` $20.00 3. To all witnesses their travelling expenses, as provided in section 2 of this Act.
4. If any witness attends and gives evidence in more cases than one at the same court, he shall not be entitled to more than one payment in respect of compensation and travelling expenses in one case.
2 This Schedule was substituted by Act No. 8 of 2006.
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