13Taxation and Payment of Costs of Officers and Crew, Agents, &c.
Where in any of the several Cases aforesaid any Money is distributable among the Officers and Crew of any of Her Majesty's Ships of War, the Costs, Charges, and Expenses of the Officers and Crew and of the Ship's Agent, and all other (if any) Costs, Charges, or Expenses properly chargeable against that Money, shall be paid thereout before Distribution thereof, all such Costs, Charges, and Expenses being first taxed and allowed by the proper Officer of the Court having Jurisdiction in the Case, and if there is no such Court then by the Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty.