3 General provisions
Bail Act 1976 (1976 c 63) | Legislation

Incidents of bail in criminal proceedings

3  General provisions

(1)     A person granted bail in criminal proceedings shall be under a duty to surrender to custody, and that duty is enforceable in accordance with section 6 of this Act.

(2)     No recognizance for his surrender to custody shall be taken from him.

(3)     Except as provided by this section—

(a)     no security for his surrender to custody shall be taken from him,

(b)     he shall not be required to provide a surety or sureties for his surrender to custody, and

(c)     no other requirement shall be imposed on him as a condition of bail.

(4)     He may be required, before release on bail, to provide a surety or sureties to secure his surrender to custody.

(5)     . . . He may be required, before release on bail, to give security for his surrender to custody.

The security may be given by him or on his behalf.

(6)     He may be required . . . to comply, before release on bail or later, with such requirements as appear to the court to be necessary . . .—

(a)     [to secure that] he surrenders to custody,

(b)     [to secure that] he does not commit an offence

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