27Admission to bail

27 Admission to bail S. 27(1) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 8.5), 26/2017 s. 14(17), 28/2023 s. 105(1). (1) Where the conditions of bail have been fixed the bail undertaking (and the required bail guarantees, if any) need not be given before the bail decision maker granting the bail but may be given before any court or before a bail justice or a court official or before a police officer of or above the rank of sergeant or for the time being in charge of a police station or, where any of the parties is in prison, before the governor of the prison or any prison officer thereat of or above the rank of senior prison officer and thereupon all the consequences of law shall ensue as if the bail undertaking and the bail guarantees, if any, had been given before the bail decision maker granting the bail. S. 27(1A) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 27(1), amended by No. 28/2023 s. 105(2). (1A) For the purposes of subsection (1), it is sufficient compliance with that subsection if a person gives an undertaking in accordance with section 17A or 17B. S. 27(2) inserted by No. 84/1997 s. 9(2). (2) In this section, ***court official*** means— (a) in the case of the Supreme Court, the prothonotary or a deputy prothonotary; (b) in the case of the County Court, the registrar or a deputy registrar; (c) in the case of the Magistrates' Court, a registrar or deputy registrar; S. 27(2)(ca) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 27(2). (ca) in the case of the Children's Court, a registrar or deputy registrar; S. 27(2)(d) inserted by No. 32/2006 s. 91(4), substituted by No. 47/2014 s. 251. (d) in the case of an enforcement warrant within the meaning of the **Fines Reform Act 2014**, the sheriff or a person authorised under section 115(5) of that Act. Example to s. 27 inserted by No. 64/2017 s. 28. See also sections 9A(1A) and 9CA of the **Corrections Act 1986** as to persons who may exercise the powers of a police officer under section 27 of this Act. No. 8731 s. 24. S. 28 amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. items 11.1, 11.31), substituted by No. 28/2023 s. 108.