2. Prosecution costs
Where the defendant is convicted of an offence, the court may in addition to such sentence, order that costs be awarded to the prosecutor.
If the defendant was unsuccessful in their appeal, or that the appeal was without merit, or where the court reverses the verdict or order of acquittal, the court may order that costs be awarded to the prosecutor.
However, the Court would not often award the costs to prosecution in cases where the defendant is about to serve a sentence of imprisonment. Immediate imprisonment would deprive the defendant of his ability to earn and ordering him to pay for the costs would be a financial hardship, so the Court would not assert additional burden thereon.
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