15Procedure for repayment of bail money

15 Procedure for repayment of bail money

(1)  On the determination of the proceedings in respect of which a person has been admitted to bail the appropriate officer must, subject to subsection (2) , repay the money paid pursuant to the order for bail to the person who paid it.

(2)  Where –

(a) a person admitted to bail appears before a court in accordance with the order for bail; and

(b) that person is convicted of the offence or breach of duty in respect of which the money was deposited –

the appropriate officer must, if so ordered by a judicial officer –

(c) appropriate any money so paid by that person, or so much of it as is required, to pay on behalf of that person any fine and costs payable on conviction; or

(d) if the money deposited for bail is less than any fine or costs so payable, appropriate it in part payment of the fine or costs –

and, on making any such appropriation, must pay the balance of that money, if any, to that person.