BAIL ACT 2013 - SECT 56
Discretion to defer decision if accused person is intoxicated
BAIL ACT 2013 - SECT 56
Discretion to defer decision if accused person is intoxicated
56 Discretion to defer decision if accused person is intoxicated
(1) A court
or authorised justice may defer making a bail decision if an accused person is
an intoxicated person.
(2) For that purpose, the court or authorised justice
may-- (a) adjourn the hearing of the matter, but not for more than 24 hours,
and
(b) issue a warrant remanding the accused person to a correctional centre
or other place of security until the further hearing of the matter.
