Questão jurídica principal
Whether the refusal to proceed with the complaint for non-payment of the advance costs was lawful.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The advance costs were properly requested, were not paid within the set time limit, and no timely, substantiated waiver or exemption request was granted.
Fundamentação extraída
For complaints involving offences prosecuted only on complaint, the judge may require an advance of costs. If the advance is not paid within the deadline and no waiver is granted, the judge must refuse to proceed. Here the complainant was informed that payment was a condition for opening the investigation, the deadline expired without payment, and her later request for additional time or relief was both untimely and unsupported.