25 No bail for defendants charged with or convicted of homicide or rape after previous conviction of such offences
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (1994 c 33) | Legislation

Part II Bail

25  No bail for defendants charged with or convicted of homicide or rape after previous conviction of such offences

(1)     A person who in any proceedings has been charged with or convicted of an offence to which this section applies in circumstances to which it applies [shall be granted bail in those proceedings only if the court or, as the case may be, the constable considering the grant of bail [is of the opinion] that there are exceptional circumstances which justify it].

(2)     This section applies, subject to [subsection (3A)] below, to the following offences, that is to say—

(a)     murder;

(b)     attempted murder;

(c)     manslaughter;

[(d)     rape under the law of Scotland . . .;

(e)     an offence under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (rape);

(f)     an offence under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (rape);

(g)     an offence under section 2 of that Act (assault by penetration);

(h)     an offence under section 4 of that Act (causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent), where the activity caused involved penetration within subsection (4)(a)

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