BAIL ACT 2013 - SECT 94
Facilitation of proof of failure to appear
BAIL ACT 2013 - SECT 94
Facilitation of proof of failure to appear
94 Facilitation of proof of failure to appear
(1) A document purporting to
be a copy of any notice given or sent to an accused person granted bail that
specified when he or she was required to appear before a court, and to be
certified by a court officer to be a copy of the notice, is admissible in
evidence in any proceedings and is prima facie evidence of the terms of the
notice.
(2) A certificate purporting to be signed by a court officer
certifying that a notice referred to in subsection (1) was given or sent to
the accused person in a specified manner on a specified day is admissible in
evidence in any proceedings and is prima facie evidence of the matters
certified.
(3) A certificate purporting to be signed by a court officer and
stating that a specified person did not appear before a specified court, at a
specified place, on a specified day and at a specified time or during a
specified period, is admissible in evidence in any proceedings and is prima
facie evidence of the matters so certified.
(4) In any document, the words
"court officer" after a signature are evidence that the person whose signature
it purports to be is in fact a court officer.
(5) In this section,
"court officer" means--
(a) a Judge, registrar or assistant registrar of the
Court of Criminal Appeal, the Supreme Court, the Land and Environment Court,
the District Court or the Drug Court, or
