Fees of Court

Whenever counsel is assigned by the Court or the Chief Justice or other Judge thereof to defend any person charged with a capital offence who has not the means to retain and pay for the services of counsel, the honorarium which the Court or the Chief Justice or other Judge may authorise to be paid under section 194 (2) of the Indictable Procedure Act to counsel so assigned shall be ascertained according to the following scaleFor Retainer .................$ 500.00 In respect of each day on which Counsel in pursuance of such assignment appears in Court and conducts the defence before a jury .................$ 100.00 So however that the total of all fees paid under this rule in respect of any one trial shall not exceed ................$1,000.00