Section 322: Cost against private prosecutor

(1) The court may, in a proceeding instituted by a private prosecutor or on a summons or complaint of a private person, on acquittal of the defendant, order the private prosecutor or person to pay to the defendant such reasonable costs as the court may deem fit.
(2) In this section, "private prosecutor" does not include a person prosecuting on behalf of the State, a public officer prosecuting in his official capacity and a police officer.