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93Facilitation of proof of bail acknowledgments and decisions
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#### 93 Facilitation of proof of bail acknowledgments and decisions
93 Facilitation of proof of bail acknowledgments and decisions
> > (1) A document purporting to be, or to be a copy of, a bail acknowledgment given to or signed by an accused person, and to be certified by a bail officer to be or to be a copy of the acknowledgment, is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and is prima facie evidence of the terms of the acknowledgment.
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> > (2) A document purporting to be a copy of the decision by which a bail condition was imposed, and to be certified by a bail officer to be or to be a copy of the decision, is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and is prima facie evidence of the terms of the bail condition.
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> > (3) A certificate purporting to be signed by a bail officer certifying the following is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and is prima facie evidence of the matters certified—
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> > > (a) that a bail condition has been varied under this Act,
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> > > (b) that a bail condition has been varied under this Act in a specified manner and has not otherwise been varied.
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> > (4) A document purporting to be, or to be a copy of, a bail security agreement, and to be certified by a bail officer to be or to be a copy of a bail security agreement, is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and is prima facie evidence of the making of or entry into the agreement and its terms.
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> > (5) A document purporting to be, or to be a copy of, a character acknowledgment, and to be certified by a bail officer to be or to be a copy of the acknowledgment, is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and is prima facie evidence of the making of the acknowledgment and its terms.
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> > (6) In any document, the words “bail officer” after a signature are evidence that the person whose signature it purports to be is in fact a bail officer.
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> > (7) In this section, bail officer means—
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> > > (a) an officer of a court that has custody of the copy of the bail acknowledgment applicable to an accused person granted bail, or
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> > > (b) a police officer with power to make a bail decision under this Act, or
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> > > (c) a person prescribed by the regulations as a bail officer.