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Bail Act 1980
sec.34AVarying bail if summary charge transmitted from court of summary jurisdiction to another court
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### sec.34A Varying bail if summary charge transmitted from court of summary jurisdiction to another court
This section applies if—
a person charged with a summary offence before a court of summary jurisdiction is granted bail (the summary bail ) by the court to appear before it on the charge; and
the clerk of the court of summary jurisdiction transmits the complaint or bench charge sheet or a copy of it to the registrar of another court (the receiving court ) under the Criminal Code , section 652 (4) .
The summary bail is continued and is taken to have been granted by the receiving court on the conditions imposed by the court of summary jurisdiction.
However, the summary bail is taken to be varied to require the defendant to appear before the receiving court for the hearing of the summary offence on the day the receiving court has set for the hearing of the charge on indictment before it.
s 34A ins 1999 No. 67 s 7
(sec.34A-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person charged with a summary offence before a court of summary jurisdiction is granted bail (the summary bail ) by the court to appear before it on the charge; and the clerk of the court of summary jurisdiction transmits the complaint or bench charge sheet or a copy of it to the registrar of another court (the receiving court ) under the Criminal Code , section 652 (4) .
(sec.34A-ssec.2) The summary bail is continued and is taken to have been granted by the receiving court on the conditions imposed by the court of summary jurisdiction.
(sec.34A-ssec.3) However, the summary bail is taken to be varied to require the defendant to appear before the receiving court for the hearing of the summary offence on the day the receiving court has set for the hearing of the charge on indictment before it.
- (a) a person charged with a summary offence before a court of summary jurisdiction is granted bail (the summary bail ) by the court to appear before it on the charge; and
- (b) the clerk of the court of summary jurisdiction transmits the complaint or bench charge sheet or a copy of it to the registrar of another court (the receiving court ) under the Criminal Code , section 652 (4) .