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BAIL ACT 2013 - SECT 37 Information to be provided about character acknowledgments

BAIL ACT 2013 - SECT 37

Information to be provided about character acknowledgments

37 Information to be provided about character acknowledgments

(1) A bail authority must, before a person provides a character acknowledgment, take all reasonable steps to ensure that the person is informed that providing false or misleading information in a character acknowledgment is a serious offence.
Note : The provision of false or misleading information to a public authority or to a person exercising functions under a law of the State is an offence under section 307B of the Crimes Act 1900 .
(2) A bail authority must ensure that any person who provides a character acknowledgment is given a written notice setting out the terms of the bail condition under which the acknowledgment is required.
(3) A bail authority that varies a bail condition that requires provision of a character acknowledgment must ensure that any person who provided a character acknowledgment in compliance with the bail condition is given a written notice setting out the terms of the condition as varied.