135H. Expenses of investigating affairs of company

The expenses of an investigation under any of the powers conferred by sections 135B to 135F shall be defrayed in the first instance by the Minister, but he may recover those expenses from the persons liable in accordance with this section. There shall be treated as expenses of the investigation, in particular, such reasonable sums as the Minister may determine in respect of general staff costs and overheads.

A person who is convicted on a prosecution instituted as a result of the investigation, or is ordered to pay the whole or any part of the costs of the proceedings brought under section 135G, may in the same proceedings, be ordered to pay those expenses to such extent as may be specified in the order.

A company in whose name proceedings are brought under section 135G is liable in respect of any costs or expenses incurred in connection with those proceedings to the amount or value of any sums or property recovered by it as a result of those proceeding; any amount for which a company is liable under this subsection is a first charge on the sums or property recovered.