Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Supreme Court, and the Judge sitting in Chambers, shall have jurisdiction to award costs in all matters brought before the Court, including matters dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
(2) Subject to Rules of Court, to any Ordinance, to any enactment and to the express provisions of any other Act, the costs of and incidental to all proceedings in the Supreme Court, including the administration of estates and trusts, shall be in the discretion of the Court or Judge, and the Court or Judge shall have full power to determine by whom and to what extent the costs are to be paid.
(3) Nothing in this section shall alter the practice which would otherwise be followed in any criminal cause or matter or in proceedings on the Crown side of the Court.