Chapter:	492	Title:	COSTS IN CRIMINAL CASES ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	10 of 2005
Section:	9B	Heading:	Defence costs on unsuccessful application by prosecutor for a certificate of Court of Appeal or Court of First Instance	Version Date:	08/07/2005

Where the prosecutor unsuccessfully applies to the Court of Appeal or the Court of First Instance for a certificate under section 32(2) of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance (Cap 484), and the Court of Appeal or the Court of First Instance, as the case may be, is satisfied that the application is without merit, the Court of Appeal or the Court of First Instance, as the case may be, may order that costs be awarded to the defendant.