TASIn ForceAct
Sentencing Act 1997
101Abolition of common law bonds
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 101
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Sentencing Act 1997.
### 101 Abolition of common law bonds
> A court does not have jurisdiction to release a convicted offender on a recognisance or bond to be of good behaviour and to appear for sentence when called on.