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Amendment of section 156 of Principal Act.
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31.— Section 156 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1), by inserting “135(7),” after “63,”, and
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(b) by adding the following subsection after subsection (8):
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“(9) Where a person is convicted, on indictment, of an offence under section 135(7), the court may, where it finds that the act or omission constituting the offence delayed the conduct of the oral hearing concerned referred to in section 135(7), order—
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(a) the person convicted, or
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(b) any body with whose consent, connivance or approval the court is satisfied the offence was committed,
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to pay to the Board or to any party or person who appeared at the oral hearing such an amount as is equal to the amount of any additional costs that it is shown to the court to have been incurred by the Board, party or person in appearing or being represented at the oral hearing by reason of the commission of the offence.”.
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