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BAIL ACT 1992 (NO. 8 OF 1992)


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I--PRELIMINARY SHORT TITLE

   1.      This Act may be cited as the Bail Act 1992.  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Application  

   PART II--AVAILABILITY OF BAIL AVAILABILITY OF BAIL

   5.      (1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 9, an accused person may be granted bail in respect of any period during which he or she is not required to attend court in relation to the offence with which he or she has been charged.  
   6.      Rights following grant of bail  
   7.      Bail for minor offences  
   8.      Bail for offences other than minor offences  
   9.      Bail in respect of persons sentenced to imprisonment  

   PART III--DISPENSING WITH BAIL DISPENSING WITH BAIL

   10.     (1) A court that may grant bail to an accused person may instead dispense with the requirement for bail.  
   11.     Effect of dispensing with bail  
   12.     Decision to dispense with bail  

   PART IV--GRANT OF BAIL DETERMINATION OF BAIL AFTER CHARGE LAID

   13.     (1) Where—  
   14.     Grant of bail by authorised officers  
   15.     Determination of questions of bail by authorised officers  
   16.     Notification of decision of authorised officer  
   17.     Charged persons in custody to be brought before court  
   18.     Facilities to be provided to accused persons  
   19.     General provisions relating to court bail  
   20.     Limitation on power of magistrates to grant bail  
   21.     Bail in respect of several offences  
   22.     Criteria for granting bail to adults  
   23.     Criteria for granting bail to children  

   PART V--CONDITIONS OF BAIL, UNDERTAKING TO APPEAR AND BAIL UNDERTAKINGS

   24.     Conditions of bail  
   25.     Conditions on which bail may be granted to adults  
   26.     Conditions on which bail may be granted to children  
   27.     Recording of certain bail decisions  
   28.     Undertaking to appear  
   29.     Bail undertakings in respect of more than 1 offence  
   30.     Accused person may be excused from attendance before court  
   31.     Giving of bail undertakings and entry into bail agreements etc.  
   32.     Acceptable persons and security for bail  
   33.     Continuation of bail and bail undertakings  
   34.     Written notice of conditions of bail  
   35.     Warning to person making acknowledgment  
   36.     Discharge of sureties  
   37.     Enforcement of bail agreements  

   PART VI--REVIEW OF BAIL DECISIONS

   38.     Review by authorised officers  
   39.     Exercise of power to review  
   40.     Limitation on power of authorised officer to review  
   41.     Right of review of bail decisions  
   42.     Power of magistrate to review  
   43.     Power of Supreme Court to review  
   44.     General limitation on power of court to review  
   45.     Exercise of power to review  
   46.     Review limited to bail conditions  

   PART VII--MISCELLANEOUS FURNISHING OF INFORMATION RELATING TO BAIL

   47.     (1) Where a person is charged by a police officer with an offence and the person charged is being held in custody in connection with the offence, the police officer shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the person is charged, furnish the person with the prescribed information relating to his or her entitlement to, or eligibility for, bail and to his or her entitlement to the review of decisions under this Act.  
   48.     Notification to court that bail condition not satisfied  
   49.     Failure to answer bail  
   50.     False statements in acknowledgments  
   51.     Indemnification of sureties  
   52.     Contravention of Act by police officers  
   53.     Apprehension of person admitted to bail  
   54.     Power of court where person apprehended  
   55.     Civil standard of proof to apply for certain purposes  
   56.     Abolition of right of surety to arrest  
   57.     This Act to prevail  
   58.     Regulations  


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