Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 392C

392C. (1) Upon an admission of guilt by the accused, whether during the examination or at a ny stage of the proceedings, the court shall, before proceeding to pron ounce judgement, ascertain whet her an inquiry relating to the in genere or a repertus has been held and if in the affirmative, the court shall, in pronouncing judgemen t or in any subsequent order, sentence the person convicted or the pers ons convicted, jointly or severally, to the payment, wholly or in p art, to the registrar, of the costs incurred in connection with the employment in the proceedings of any expert or referee, includi ng such experts as would have been appointed in the examination of the process verbal of the inquiry, within such period and in su ch amount as shall be determined in the judgement or order: Provided that where the said c osts are not yet determined at time of pronouncing the judgement or in the event that any expe rt or referee has not presented his report or the process verbal h as not been concluded, the Registrar is empowered to de termine the cos ts, and to proceed to their recovery from the person or persons convicted, wholly or in part, as directed by the court in its judgement: Provided further that the Cour t shall, before proceeding to pronounce judgement as aforesaid and in making an order in term s 262 CAP . 9.] CRIMINAL CODE of article 23B, ascertain whether an order as is referred to in articles 23A and 23D has been made, and if in the affirmative, the provisions of this sub-article shall, mutatis mutandis , apply to any such order. (2) The provisions of article 533 shall mutatis mutandis apply to any order made under this article. Cross- examination by the accused. Amended by: III.1880.3.