54Bail bonds

#### 54 Bail bonds (1) Bail on behalf of a party must be given by filing a bail bond. (2) The bail bond must be in accordance with Form 20, and, unless the court or a Registrar otherwise orders, must be signed by 2 sureties. (3) The sureties must sign the bond before: (a) a Registrar of any court that has jurisdiction under the Act in a proceeding commenced as an action in rem; or (b) a person before whom affidavits for use in such a court may be sworn, other than: (i) a person who is acting as an Australian legal practitioner for the party on whose behalf bail is to be given in the proceeding; or (ii) a person whose partner, employer or employee, is acting as an Australian legal practitioner for the party on whose behalf bail is to be given in the proceeding. (4) A partnership or corporation carrying on business in the jurisdiction in which the proceeding is commenced may act as a surety. (5) If both sureties signing the bond under subrule (3) are corporations, the corporations must not be related bodies corporate within the meaning of section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001.