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New South Wales
Bail Amendment (Confiscation of
Passports) Bill 2000
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Bail Act 1978 No 161 2
Schedule 1 Amendments 3
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New South Wales
Bail Amendment (Confiscation of
Passports) Bill 2000
No , 2000
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Bail Act 1978 so as to require bail granted to persons accused
of offences occasioning death to be made subject, except in special circumstances,
to conditions requiring the giving up of passports held by them.
Clause 1 Bail Amendment (Confiscation of Passports) Bill 2000
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1
1 Name of Act 2
This Act is the Bail Amendment (Confiscation of Passports) Act 2000. 3
2 Commencement 4
This Act commences on the date of assent. 5
3 Amendment of Bail Act 1978 No 161 6
The Bail Act 1978 is amended as set out in Schedule 1. 7
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Bail Amendment (Confiscation of Passports) Bill 2000
Amendments Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments 1
(Section 3) 2
[1] Section 4 Definitions 3
Insert in alphabetical order in section 4 (1): 4
passport has the same meaning as it has in the Migration Act 5
1958 of the Commonwealth. 6
[2] Section 36 Conditions of bail 7
Insert after section 36 (2) (h): 8
(i) that the accused person surrender to the authorised 9
officer or court any passport held by the person. 10
[3] Section 37A 11
Insert after section 37: 12
37A Conditions concerning surrender of passports 13
(1) Bail is not to be granted to a person who is accused of an 14
offence occasioning death otherwise than subject to a condition 15
requiring the person to surrender to the authorised officer or 16
court any passport held by the person. 17
(2) Despite subsection (1), a court may direct that bail is to be 18
granted without the imposition of such a condition if the 19
accused person satisfies the court that, in the circumstances of 20
the case, the giving of such a direction is justified. 21
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