Art. 533A — CRIMINAL CODE

(1)

Without prejudice to the provisions of article 380, in

the case of proceedings instituted on the complaint of the injured or

aggrieved party, where the complainant waives the action, the court

shall in declaring the proceedings as extinguished or in any subsequent

order, sentence the complainant or complainants, jointly or severally,

to the payment, wholly or in part, to the registrar, of the costs incurred

in connection with the employment in the proceedings of any expert or

referee, including such experts as would have been appointed in the

examination of the procès -verbal of the inquiry, within such period

and in such amount as shall be determined in the judgment or order.

(2)

In default of payment of the costs as determined by the

court, it shall be lawful for the registrar to recover the costs aforesaid

as a civil debt, by making a declaration to that effect in the record of

the case at any time after the declaration of extinction of proceedings

is made.

(3) The recovery of the costs as a civil debt shall be obtained by

an application to the same court for the enforcement of the judgment

or order, in the manner laid down in the Code of Organization and

Civil Procedure.

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