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BAIL ACT 1992 - SECT 56A

Arrest without warrant of person on bail

    (1)     This section applies if a person has been granted bail in the ACT, a State or another Territory.

    (2)     A police officer may arrest the person without warrant if the officer believes on reasonable grounds that the person—

        (a)     has failed to comply with a bail condition; or

        (b)     will not comply with a bail condition.

    (3)     The police officer must bring the person before a court as soon as practicable.

    (4)     The court may—

        (a)     for a person granted bail in the ACT—exercise the same powers in relation to bail as it has in relation to any other accused person in custody; or

        (b)     for a person granted bail in a State or another Territory—

              (i)     release the person unconditionally; or

              (ii)     grant the person bail subject to the conditions that the court considers appropriate; or

              (iii)     remand the person in custody for a reasonable time while a warrant for the person's arrest is obtained from the State or other Territory.

    (5)     A release mentioned in subsection (4) (b) (i) does not affect the grant of bail in the State or other Territory.



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