Title X: Legal costs

Where the fee differs from the stakeholder’s request, the fee order shall be notified to him by the registry by registered letter. Where the fee differs from the public prosecutor’s requisitions, the fee order shall be notified to him by the registry.

The tax order may be appealed by the party or the public prosecutor before the investigating chamber, regardless of the court to which the taxing magistrate belongs. The time limit for appeal is ten days from notification. The time limit for lodging an appeal and the lodging of an appeal within the time limit shall suspend execution.

An appeal against the tax order may be lodged with the examining magistrate’s chamber by the public prosecutor, at the request of the assigning accounting officer within a period of one month from receipt of the request for payment. In matters of legal aid, the one-month period runs from the transmission that is made by the competent authorising officer to the assigning accounting officer of the tax order. A reasoned…

The appeals referred to in the preceding articles shall be lodged by declaration to the registry of the taxing magistrate or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt sent to that registry. The stakeholder shall be informed of the public prosecutor’s appeal by registered letter, sent by the registry. The decision of the investigating chamber shall be sent for enforcement to the registry of the court to which the taxing…

The convicted party may appeal against the provision of the decision relating to the liquidation of costs. This appeal is brought before the court of appeal in the event that the decision containing the liquidation can be undertaken by this route. In the event that the decision containing the award of costs is not subject to appeal, the appeal shall be brought before the investigating chamber. The appeal shall be…