SCHEDULE [to Part XXVII](Section 840)
Fees and Allowances That May Be Charged by Summary Conviction Courts and Justices
- 1Information $ 1.00
- 2Summons or warrant $ 0.50
- 3Warrant where summons issued in first instance $ 0.30
- 4Warrant where summons issued in first instance $ 0.30
- 5Each subpoena or warrant to or for witnesses $ 0.30
(A subpoena may contain any number of names. Only one subpoena may be issued on behalf of a party in any proceeding, unless the summary conviction court or the justice considers it necessary or desirable that more than one subpoena be issued.)
- 6Information for warrant for witness and warrant for witness $ 1.00
- 7Each necessary copy of subpoena to or warrant for witness $ 0.20
- 8Each release order or recognizance $ 1.00
- 9Hearing and determining proceeding $ 1.00
- 10Where hearing lasts more than two hours $ 2.00
- 11Where two or more justices hear and determine a proceeding, each is entitled to the fee authorized by item 9.
- 12Each warrant of committal $ 0.50
- 13Making up record of conviction or order on request of a party to the proceedings $ 1.00
- 14Copy of a writing other than a conviction or order, on request of a party to the proceedings; for each folio of one hundred words $ 0.10
- 15Bill of costs, when made out in detail on request of a party to the proceedings $ 0.20
(Items 14 and 15 may be charged only where there has been an adjudication.)
- 16Attending to remand prisoner $ 1.00
- 17Attending to make a release order or take a recognizance $ 1.00
Fees and Allowances That May Be Allowed to Peace Officers
- 18Arresting a person on a warrant or without a warrant $ 1.50
- 19Serving summons or subpoena $ 0.50
- 20Mileage to serve summons or subpoena or to make an arrest, both ways, for each mile $ 0.10
(Where a public conveyance is not used, reasonable costs of transportation may be allowed.)
- 21Mileage where service cannot be effected, on proof of a diligent attempt to effect service, each way, for each mile $ 0.10
- 22Returning with prisoner after arrest to take him before a summary conviction court or justice at a place different from the place where the peace officer received the warrant to arrest, if the journey is of necessity over a route different from that taken by the peace officer to make the arrest, each way, for each mile $ 0.10
- 23Taking a prisoner to prison on remand or committal, each way, for each mile $ 0.10
(Where a public conveyance is not used, reasonable costs of transportation may be allowed. No charge may be made under this item in respect of a service for which a charge is made under item 22.)
- 24Attending summary conviction court or justice on summary conviction proceedings, for each day necessarily employed $ 2.00
(Not more than $2.00 may be charged under this item in respect of any day notwithstanding the number of proceedings that the peace officer attended on that day before that summary conviction court or justice.)
Fees and Allowances That May Be Allowed to Witnesses
- 25Each day attending trial $ 4.00
- 26Mileage travelled to attend trial, each way, for each mile $ 0.10
Fees and Allowances That May Be Allowed to Interpreters
- 27Each half day attending trial $ 2.50
- 28Actual living expenses when away from ordinary place of residence, not to exceed per day $ 10.00
- 29Mileage travelled to attend trial, each way, for each mile $ 0.10
- R.S., 1985, c. C-46, Sch. to Part XXVII
- 2019, c. 25, s. 328
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