ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Criminal Procedure Code
174. Costs and compensation to be specified in order, how recoverable
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
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.