8 Bail with sureties
Bail Act 1976 (1976 c 63) | Legislation

8  Bail with sureties

(1)     This section applies where a person is granted bail in criminal proceedings on condition that he provides one or more surety or sureties for the purpose of securing that he surrenders to custody.

(2)     In considering the suitability for that purpose of a proposed surety, regard may be had (amongst other things) to—

(a)     the surety's financial resources;

(b)     his character and any previous convictions of his; and

(c)     his proximity (whether in point of kinship, place of residence or otherwise) to the person for whom he is to be surety.

(3)     Where a court grants a person bail in criminal proceedings on such a condition but is unable to release him because no surety or no suitable surety is available, the court shall fix the amount in which the surety is to be bound and subsections (4) and (5) below, or in a case where the proposed surety resides

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