1. Upon rendering a judgment or decision on the legal proceeding brought before it, the court shall, sua sponte, adjudicate on the legal costs. 2. The legal costs shall be determined against the losing party, and shall include, among others, the attorney fees to be determined by the Court in accordance with the controls and criteria set out in the Legal Profession Law and the cost of translating the notices. If there are several losing parties, the legal costs may be divided among them either equally or pro rata their respective interests in the case, at the sole discretion of the court, and they shall only be held jointly liable to pay the legal costs if they have joint liability in respect of the underlying obligation decided against them by the Court. Where there are several losing parties, prevailing parties or attorneys, the attorney fees shall not be multiplied. 3. Intervention costs shall be awarded against the intervening party if the latter has independent reliefs sought, if his intervention is denied, or if his relief sought is denied by the Court.
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