{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:277","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Taxation of Bill","number":"277","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/277/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK IV — JUDGEMENT, COST AND DISCONTINUANCE OF SUITS","title":"TITLE II — COSTS","chapter":"Chapter 1. — General Provisions"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"On filing the bill, the court shall fix a day for considering the bill and shall summon the parties to appear on such day.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/277/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":152,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/152/?article=277&paragraph=p1#article-277-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"After considering the bill and hearing the parties, the court may reduce the bill as to costs which the court determines were not reasonably incurred or were not reasonable and proportionate to the amount of the suit.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/277/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":153,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/153/?article=277&paragraph=p2#article-277-p2"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"Where the party entitled to costs has failed to file a bill, the court shall, after recording such, certify the costs of the other parties or may allow the defaulting party a nominal or other sum so as to prevent any other party being prejudiced by such default.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/277/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":153,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/153/?article=277&paragraph=p3#article-277-p3"}]},{"id":"p4","number":"4","text":"Costs shall carry interest at the legal rate as from the day of the judgment until final settlement.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/277/#p4","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":153,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/153/?article=277&paragraph=p4#article-277-p4"}]}],"caution":"This is the English-language edition published in 2015 and attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Refworld labels it an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force."}