PART I – GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER VI – PUNISHMENTS
32. Costs
Subject to the limitations imposed by section 171 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 75), a court may order any person convicted of an offence to pay the costs of and incidental to the prosecution or any part thereof.
PART IV – PROVISIONS RELATING TO ALL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
COSTS AND COMPENSATION
171. Power to order costs against accused or private prosecutor
(1) A judge of the High Court or a magistrate of a subordinate court of the first or second class may order a person convicted before him of an offence to pay to the public or private prosecutor, as the case may be, such reasonable costs as the judge or magistrate may deem fit, in addition to any other penalty imposed.
(2) A judge of the High Court or a magistrate of a subordinate court of the first or second class who acquits or discharges a person accused of an offence may, if the prosecution for the offence was originally instituted on a summons or warrant issued by a court on the application of a private prosecutor, order the private prosecutor to pay to the accused such reasonable costs as the judge or magistrate may deem fit:
Provided that—
(i) the costs shall not exceed twenty thousand shillings in the High Court or ten thousand shillings in the case of an acquittal or discharge by a subordinate court; and
(ii) no such order shall be made if the judge or magistrate considers that the private prosecutor had reasonable grounds for making his complaint.
172. Right of appeal from order as to costs
An appeal shall lie from an order awarding costs under section 171, if made by a magistrate to the High Court and if by a judge to the Court of Appeal; and the appellate court may give costs of the appeal as it shall deem reasonable.
173. Repealed by Act No. 13 of 1967, s. 5.
174. Costs and compensation to be specified in order, how recoverable
(1) Sums allowed for costs awarded under section 171 shall in all cases be specified in the conviction or order.
(2) If the person who has been ordered to pay costs fails so to pay, he shall, in default of distress levied in accordance with section 334 of this Code, be liable to imprisonment in accordance with the scale laid down in section 28 of the Penal Code (Cap. 63), unless the costs shall be sooner paid:
Provided that in no case shall the period of imprisonment imposed under this section exceed three months.
PART VIII – GENERAL PROVISIONS
45. Costs
(1) Ordinary costs of executing a request shall be borne by Kenya, unless otherwise determined by the Kenya and a requesting state.
(2) If expenses of a substantial or extraordinary nature are or shall be required to execute the request, the parties shall consult in advance to determine the terms and conditions under which the request shall be executed as well as the manner in which the costs shall be borne.
1. Les dépenses ordinaires afférentes à l'exécution des demandes sur le territoire de l'État requis sont à la charge de cet État, à l'exception des frais suivants, qui sont à la charge de la Cour :
a) Frais liés aux voyages et à la protection des témoins et des experts ou au transfèrement des détenus en vertu de l'article 93 ;
b) Frais de traduction, d'interprétation et de transcription ;
c) Frais de déplacement et de séjour des juges, du Procureur, des procureurs adjoints, du Greffier, du Greffier adjoint et des membres du personnel de tous les organes de la Cour ;
d) Coût des expertises ou rapports demandés par la Cour ;
e) Frais liés au transport des personnes remises à la Cour par l'État de détention ; et
f) Après consultation, tous frais extraordinaires que peut entraîner l'exécution d'une demande.
2. Les dispositions du paragraphe 1 s'appliquent, selon qu'il convient, aux demandes adressées à la Cour par les États Parties. Dans ce cas, la Cour prend à sa charge les frais ordinaires de l'exécution.