Slave Trade Act, 1873

Review of taxation by Registrar of Court of Admiralty.

20.[1] The registrar of the High Court of Admiralty of England may, on the application of any person aggrieved, or of the Treasury, tax or review the taxation of any costs, charges, or expenses incurred or alleged to be incurred in any proceeding taken in any British slave court, or in any mixed commission or court in Her Majesty’s dominions, and shall for this purpose have the same jurisdiction and powers as he has in the taxation of any costs, charges, or expenses incurred in any proceeding in the High Court of Admiralty.

[1 S. 20, as far as relates to the taxation of any costs, charges, and expenses which can be taxed in pursuance of 53 & 54 Vict. c. 27 is. rep. by s. 18 of that Act as respects any British possession as from the commencement of that Act in that possession, and as respects any courts out of Her Majesty’s dominions as from the date of any Order applying that Act.]