Prosecutions Expenses Act 1866
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1866 c. 52 |
| Year | 1866 |
Prosecutions Expenses Act, 1866
(29 & 30 Vict.) C A P. LII.
An Act to extend the Law relating to the Expenses of Prosecutions, and to make Provision for Expenses on Charges of Felony and certain Misdemeanors before examining Magistrates.
[23d July 1866]
W HEREAS by the Act of the SeventhYear of KingGeorge the Fourth, Chapter Sixty-four, certain Provisions were made relating to the Allowance of Costs, Expenses, and Compensation to Prosecutors and Witnesses in Cases of Prosecutions for Felonies and certain Misdemeanors therein mentioned, and by an Act of the Session of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Yearof Her Majesty, Chapter Fifty-five, the Provisions of the said Act are extended, and Authority is given to One of Her Majesty's Secretaries of State to regulate the Scale of Payment to be allowed or ordered under the said Act or any other Act, as to the Rates or Scales of Payment according to which Certificates may be granted by the examining Magistrate or Magistrates in respect of the Expense of any Prosecutor or Witnesses attending before such Magistrate or Magistrates:
And whereas it is expedient to extend the Law relating to Expenses in cases of Prosecutions to the Payment of Expenses incurred in attending before an examining Magistrate or Magistrates, and to Compensation for Trouble and Loss of Time therein, on any Charge of Felonybon fide made, and on any Case of the several Classes of Misdemeanor enumerated in Section Twenty-three of the said Act of King George the Fourth, or of Section Two of the said Act of Her Majesty bon fide preferred, although the Parties may not be bound over by Recognizance or Subpoena to prosecute or give Evidence, and although no Committal for Trial may take place:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
1 Powers of examining Magistrate to grant Certificate of Expenses to Witnesses extended, and Petty Session Clerks to be entitled to Fees on Depositions.
1. It shall and may be lawful for any Magistrate or Magistrates, at his or their Discretion, and he or they is and are hereby authorized and empowered, at the Request of any Prosecutor or other Person who shall have appeared...
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