Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Legal Aid Act 1978 - SECT 45

Court may order a person convicted of offence under section 44 to pay an amount to VLA

45. Court may order a person convicted of offence under section 44 to pay an
amount to VLA



(1) Where an assisted person is convicted for an offence against section 44
the court convicting him may order him to pay to VLA a sum equal to the
expenses incurred under this Act on his behalf less any moneys paid by the
assisted person or recovered by VLA for or towards his expenses.

(2) Any sum ordered under this section to be paid by the assisted person shall
be deemed in all respects to be a judgment for a civil debt and may be entered
for the purposes of execution in any court of competent jurisdiction.