Question juridique clé
Whether the costs of the objection proceedings could be imposed on the accused after the offense was already time-barred before the penalty order was issued.
Solution extraite
No. Because the case should have been closed before the penalty order due to limitation, the accused did not cause the costs of the objection proceedings; the cost order was arbitrary.
Motifs extraits
The offense had absolutely prescribed before the penalty order. Limitation must be considered ex officio at every stage. If properly observed, there would have been no penalty order and thus no objection proceedings. The causal link required by cantonal cost rules was therefore absent.