Bankers Book Evidence Act, 1891
7. Costs -
(1) The costs of any application to the Court
or a Judge under or for the purposes of this Act and the costs of anything done
or to be done under an Order of the Court or a Judge made under or for the
purposes of this Act shall be in the discretion of the Court or Judge, who may
further Order such costs or any part thereof to be paid to any party by the
Bank if they have been incurred in consequence of any fault or improper delay
on the part of the Bank.
(2) Any Order made under this Section for the
payment of costs to or by a Bank may be enforced as if the Bank were a party to
the proceeding.
(3) Any Order under this Section awarding
costs may, on application to any Court of Civil Judicature designated in the
Order, be executed by such Court as if the Order were a decree for money passed
by itself:
Provided that nothing in this Sub-Section shall
be construed to derogate from any power which the Court or Judge making the
Order may poss for the enforcement of its or his
directions with respect to the payment of costs.