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Bail Act 1982
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30 Provisions relating to money or security
(1) A receipt must be given for any money or security deposited
pursuant to a bail condition.
(2) Where a security or an amount of money is deposited with a person
pursuant to section 29(c), otherwise than at a court, under an
agreement entered into as a condition imposed on the grant of bail
to an accused person, the person with whom the security or money
is deposited must, as soon as practicable, cause it, together with
the form of undertaking and agreement, to be lodged with the court
before which the accused person is required by the bail undertaking
to appear.
(3) Where a security or an amount of money is deposited under an
agreement entered into as a condition imposed on the grant of bail
to an accused person, and the accused person appears before the
court in accordance with the bail undertaking, then an amount equal
to the security or the amount of money must be returned to the
person by whom it was deposited.
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