5 Supplementary provisions about decisions on bail
Bail Act 1976 (1976 c 63) | Legislation

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5  Supplementary provisions about decisions on bail

(1)     Subject to subsection (2) below, where—

(a)     a court or constable grants bail in criminal proceedings, or

(b)     a court withholds bail in criminal proceedings from a person to whom section 4 of this Act applies, or

(c)     a court, officer of a court or constable appoints a time or place or . . . a different time or place for a person granted bail in criminal proceedings to surrender to custody, or

(d)     a court [or constable] varies any conditions of bail or imposes conditions in respect of bail in criminal proceedings,

that court, officer or constable shall make a record of the decision in the prescribed manner and containing the prescribed particulars and, if requested to do so by the person in relation to whom the decision was taken, shall cause him to be given a copy of the record of the decision as soon as practicable after the record is made.

(2)     Where bail in criminal proceedings is granted by endorsing a warrant of arrest for bail the constable who releases on bail the person arrested shall make the record required by subsection (1) above instead of the judge

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