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Bail Act 2013
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#### 14 Limitation on entitlement to be at liberty
14 Limitation on entitlement to be at liberty
> > (1) Bail does not entitle a person to be at liberty until—
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> > > (a) the person signs, and gives to the bail authority, a copy of the bail acknowledgment for the decision to grant bail, and
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> > > (b) all pre-release requirements of bail conditions have been complied with.
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> > Note.
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> > Pre-release requirements are dealt with in Part 3. For example, a bail condition may require an accused person, before being released on bail, to surrender his or her passport. Bail acknowledgments are dealt with in Part 4.
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> > (2) Bail does not entitle a person to be at liberty on those occasions on which the person is required to appear before a court under his or her bail acknowledgment.
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> > (3) Bail does not entitle a person to be at liberty while the person is in custody for some other offence, or reason, because of which the person is not entitled to be at liberty.
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> > Note.
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> > For example, a person may be in custody for 2 offences. If bail is granted for one offence only, the person is not entitled to be released.