# Firearms Act 1937, Paragraph 8


On the determination of an appeal or application the court may make such order as to payment of costs as the court think fit, and may fix a sum to be paid by way of costs in lieu of directing a taxation thereof, and any costs ordered to be paid by the court may be recovered summarily as a civil debt and shah not be recoverable in any other manner :
Provided that the court shall not order the chief officer of police to pay the costs of an applicant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw8and1Geo6/1/12/schedule/FIRST/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1937/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-8
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