23Application for bail or variation of conditions

23 Application for bail or variation of conditions

(1)  A person who is charged with an offence or breach of duty or in respect of whom an application for a restraint order has been made may, at any time and without limiting the powers conferred by any other law, apply in the prescribed manner to the court in which he or she last appeared in answer to that charge or application to be admitted to bail or for variation of a condition of an order for bail made in respect of that charge or application.

(2)  Where the Supreme Court orders that the hearing of a charge or application be remitted to justices, an application under subsection (1) –

(a) if it is filed before the day on which the person charged is required to appear before the justices, must be made to the Supreme Court; or

(b) if it is filed on or after that day, must be made to those justices.

(3)  [Section 23 Subsection (3) amended by No. 29 of 2018, s. 13, Applied:10 Dec 2018] *[Section 23 Subsection (3) inserted by No. 51 of 1995, s. 6 ]*A person admitted to bail under section 34 of the Justices Act 1959 or section 4(3), (5) or (6) of the Criminal Law (Detention and Interrogation) Act 1995 may apply, in the prescribed manner, to justices at any time before the day specified in a notice referred to in section 5 (1) (a) for variation of a condition contained in that notice.