Section B
High Court (Criminal Cases): court fees
7 fee items, straight from the Judiciary's Court Fees Assessment Schedule. Fixed fees run from KSh 500 to KSh 6,000. Nothing in this section moves with the amount claimed.
| # | What you are filing | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Public prosecution This one fee covers
| No fee |
| 2 | Private prosecution This one fee covers
| KSh 5,000 |
| 3 | Petition of appeal or revision to the High Court This one fee covers
| KSh 500 |
| 4 | All criminal applications This one fee covers
| KSh 500 |
| 5 | Petition (Constitutional Reference) This one fee covers
| KSh 6,000 |
| 6 | Constitutional petition application This one fee covers
| KSh 1,000 |
| 7 | Application for orders for Habeus corpus This one fee covers
spelling "Habeus" is as printed in the schedule | KSh 1,000 |
Source: The Judiciary of Kenya, Court Fees Assessment Schedule, section B, page 4 of the published PDF. In force from 1 July 2021. Transcribed by hand from the page image on 2026-09-14 because the published file carries no text layer.
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