sec.29Offence to breach conditions of bail

### sec.29 Offence to breach conditions of bail A defendant must not break any condition of the undertaking on which the defendant was granted bail requiring the defendant’s appearance before a court. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment. Subsection (1) does not apply to— a condition that the defendant surrender into custody; or For defendants who fail to surrender into custody, see section 33 . a condition of the defendant’s undertaking imposed under section 11 (9) or 11AB . For the purposes of the Human Rights Act 2019 , section 43 (1) , it is declared that this section has effect in relation to a defendant who is a child— despite being incompatible with human rights; and despite anything else in the Human Rights Act 2019 . Under the Human Rights Act 2019 , section 45 (2) , this subsection expires 5 years after the commencement. s 29 amd 1988 No. 105 s 21 ; 1992 No. 44 s 235 sch 3 ; 1993 No. 34 s 2 sch ; 1997 No. 9 s 9 ; 1999 No. 67 s 6 sub 2000 No. 5 s 461 sch 3 amd 2002 No. 39 s 134 ; 2005 No. 70 s 35 ; 2010 No. 51 s 10 ; 2013 No. 31 s 5 ; 2016 No. 4 s 8 ; 2023 No. 3 s 5 (3) exp 5 years after the commencement (see s 29(3)) (sec.29-ssec.1) A defendant must not break any condition of the undertaking on which the defendant was granted bail requiring the defendant’s appearance before a court. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment. (sec.29-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to— a condition that the defendant surrender into custody; or For defendants who fail to surrender into custody, see section 33 . a condition of the defendant’s undertaking imposed under section 11 (9) or 11AB . (sec.29-ssec.3) For the purposes of the Human Rights Act 2019 , section 43 (1) , it is declared that this section has effect in relation to a defendant who is a child— despite being incompatible with human rights; and despite anything else in the Human Rights Act 2019 . Under the Human Rights Act 2019 , section 45 (2) , this subsection expires 5 years after the commencement. - (a) a condition that the defendant surrender into custody; or Note— For defendants who fail to surrender into custody, see section 33 . - (b) a condition of the defendant’s undertaking imposed under section 11 (9) or 11AB . - (a) despite being incompatible with human rights; and - (b) despite anything else in the Human Rights Act 2019 .