Section 37: Order as to costs

37. Order as to costs.—(1) The Tribunal shall, when making an order under section 27, also make an order determining in its discretion the costs and specifying the person by and to whom such costs are to be paid. (2) If, in any order as to costs under sub­section (1) there is a direction for the payment of costs by any party to any person, such costs shall, if they have not already been paid, be payable in full and shall, upon application in writing in that behalf made to the Tribunal within six months of the order by the person to whom costs have been awarded, be paid, as far as possible, out of the security for costs deposited by such party. (3) Where no costs have been awarded against a party who has deposited security for costs, or where no application for payment of costs has been made within the aforesaid six months, or where a residue remains after costs have been paid out of the security, such security or the residue thereof, as the case may be, shall upon application in writing therefor by the person who made the deposit or by his legal representative, be returned by the Tribunal to the person making the application. (4) Any order for costs may be enforced upon application in writing made to the principal civil court of original jurisdiction of the district in which the person from whom the costs are to be recovered resides or owns property, as if such order were a decree passed by that court: Provided that no proceeding shall be brought under this sub ­section except in respect of costs which have not been recovered by an application under sub­section (2). CHAPTER VI OFFENCES, PENALTY AND PROCEDURE

Effective date: 1976-01-01

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