Section 327 — Crimes Act 1961: Witnesses' expenses where indictment removed at instance of the Crown

327 Witnesses' expenses where indictment removed at instance of the Crown Where on the application of the prosecutor an order is made for the trial of any person at a substituted Court, any Judge may issue a certificate, upon the production of which there may be paid, out of money appropriated by Parliament for the payment of witnesses, such sum as the Minister of the Crown who is responsible for the Department for Courts may approve to enable that person to defray the expenses of the attendance of his witnesses. Compare: 1908 No 32 s 383 Section 327 was amended, as from 1 July 1995, by section 10(1) Department of Justice (Restructuring) Act 1995 (1995 No 39) by substituting the words “ Minister of the Crown who is responsible for the Department for Courts ” for the words “ Minister of Justice ” .