Singapore legislation

Clause 107

of Legal Profession Bill

Clause 107

Costs

(1)

Where under section 97 of this Act the Disciplinary Committee determines that due cause for disciplinary action does not exist and further records the opinion that the application or complaint was frivolous or vexatious the Disciplinary Committee may by summons to be heard before a judge ask that the court shall order that the costs of the application or complaint shall be paid by the person who made the application or complaint and thereupon and after hearing such person the court may order that such costs or any part of them shall be paid by such person and any such order shall thereupon be enforceable in the same manner as any other order for costs made in proceedings in the court.

(2)

The costs of and incidental to all proceedings under section 102, 104 or 106 of this Act shall be in the discretion of the judge or of the court before whom the hearing has taken place and such costs may include the costs of the Society or Disciplinary Committee and may be ordered to be paid by the solicitor by or against whom or by the person by whom any application or complaint was made or was intended to be made or partly by one and partly by the other of them.

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