5Police bail

5 Police bail

(1)  [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 2018, s. 12, Applied:10 Dec 2018] *[Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 51 of 1995, s. 4 ]*Where a person admits another person 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 , the person who admits him or her to bail must–

(a) hand to the person admitted to bail on his or her release from custody a notice specifying the day on which and the time and place at which he or she is required to appear before justices; and

(b) endorse on a copy of the notice a statement that the notice was handed to the person admitted to bail on his or her release from custody; and

(c) sign the endorsement.

(2)  [Section 5 Subsection (2) amended by No. 29 of 2018, s. 12, Applied:10 Dec 2018] *[Section 5 Subsection (2) amended by No. 51 of 1995, s. 4 ]*It is a condition of 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  –

(a) that the person admitted to bail must appear before justices on the day and at the time and place specified in a notice referred to in subsection (1) (a) ; and

(b) that the person admitted to bail must deposit, if the person admitting him or her to bail under either of those sections considers it desirable and so requires, a sum to be forfeited to the Crown if the person admitted to bail fails to appear before justices as required by paragraph (a) .

(3)  *[Section 5 Subsection (3) substituted by No. 51 of 1995, s. 4 ]*If a person is admitted to bail, that person must comply with any other conditions (including conditions controlling the conduct of the person) –