### 70 Adjournment of proceedings > *\[Section 70 Subsection (2) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 \]**\[Section 70 Subsection (2) amended by No. 55 of 1965, s. 5 \]*[*\[Section 70 Substituted by No. 22 of 2007, s. 14, Applied:01 Feb 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-02-01/act-2007-022#GS14@EN) > > > (1) If for any reason the proceedings under this Part are adjourned, the justices may – > > > > > > (a) remand the defendant in custody; or > > > > > > > (b) admit the defendant to bail; or > > > > > > > (c) orally order the defendant to appear before the justices. > > > (2) Despite [subsection (1)(b)](#GS70@Gs1@Hpb@EN) , the justices may not admit to bail a person who has attained the age of 17 years who is charged with treason or murder.

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