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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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