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Queensland
BAIL AMENDMENT BILL 1993
Queensland
BAIL AMENDMENT BILL 1993
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Insertion of new s.10A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
10A No court fee payable for making application to Supreme Court . . . . . . 4
4 Replacement of s.13 (Bail in cases of charges of serious offences) . . . . . . . . . 4
13 When only the Supreme Court may grant bail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s.16 (Refusal of bail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Amendment of s.20 (Undertaking as to bail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
MINOR AMENDMENTS
1993
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Bail Act 1980
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BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the 1
advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament 2
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows. 3
title 4
Short
Clause1. This Act may be cited as the Bail Amendment Act 1993. 5
Act 6
Amended
The Bail Act 1980 is amended as set out in this Act. 7
Clause2.
of new s.10A 8
Insertion
Clause3. After section 10-- 9
insert-- 10
court fee payable for making application to Supreme Court 11
`No
`10A. No fee is payable to an office of the Supreme Court for the making of 12
an application for bail to the Supreme Court or a Judge of the Court.'. 13
of s.13 (Bail in cases of charges of serious offences) 14
Replacement
Section 13-- 15
Clause4.
omit, insert-- 16
only the Supreme Court may grant bail 17
`When
`13. Only the Supreme Court or a Judge of the Supreme Court may grant 18
bail to a person charged with an offence under the Criminal Code if, on 19
conviction, the sentencing court will have to decide which of the following 20
sentences to impose on the person-- 21
(a) imprisonment for life, which cannot be mitigated or varied under the 22
Criminal Code or any other law; 23
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(b) an indefinite sentence under Part 10 of the Penalties and Sentences 1
Act 1992.'. 2
of s.16 (Refusal of bail) 3
Amendment
Section 16(3)(b)-- 4
Clause5.
omit, insert-- 5
`(b) with an offence to which section 13 applies; or'. 6
of s.20 (Undertaking as to bail) 7
Amendment
Section 20(3B)-- 8
Clause6.
omit `pursuant to section 13(1)', insert `under section 13'. 9
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CHEDULE 1
¡S
INOR AMENDMENTS 2
M
section 2 3
1. Section 4-- 4
omit. 5
2. Section 5-- 6
omit. 7
3. Section 6(1)(definition `police force')-- 8
omit. 9
4. Section 7 (heading)-- 10
omit `member of police force', insert `police officer'. 11
5. Section 7-- 12
omit `member of the police force' (wherever occurring), 13
insert `police officer'. 14
6. Section 8(5)-- 15
omit `Court of Criminal Appeal' (wherever occurring), 16
insert ` Court of Appeal'. 17
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SCHEDULE (continued)
7. Section 11(1) and (2)-- 1
omit `member of the police force' (wherever occurring), 2
insert `police officer'. 3
8. Section 11(1)-- 4
omit `member' (second occurring), insert `police officer'. 5
9. Section 11(2)-- 6
omit `member' (second occurring), insert `police officer'. 7
10. Section 12 (Penalty)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.'. 10
11. Section 14(1) to (3)-- 11
omit `member of the police force' (wherever occurring), 12
insert `police officer'. 13
12. Section 14(1)-- 14
omit `second schedule', insert `Schedule'. 15
13. Section 14A(1)-- 16
omit `second schedule', insert `Schedule'. 17
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SCHEDULE (continued)
14. Section 16(1)-- 1
omit `member of the police force', insert `police officer'. 2
15. Section 16(1)-- 3
omit `member' (second occurring), insert `police officer'. 4
16. Section 16(2) and (3)-- 5
omit `member' (wherever occurring), insert `police officer'. 6
17. Section 20(5) and (6)-- 7
omit `member of the police force' (wherever occurring), 8
insert `police officer'. 9
18. Section 21(1)(c)-- 10
omit `Services'. 11
19. Section 24-- 12
omit `Members of the police force', insert `A police officer'. 13
20. Section 26(1)(penalty)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Maximum penalty--17 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year.'. 16
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SCHEDULE (continued)
21. Section 28(3)(c)-- 1
omit `members of the police force', insert `police officers'. 2
22. Section 28A(3)(c)-- 3
omit `members of the police force', insert `police officers'. 4
23. Section 28B-- 5
omit `member of the police force', insert `police officer'. 6
24. Section 29(1)-- 7
omit `member of the police force', insert `police officer'. 8
25. Section 29(1)-- 9
omit `member' (second and third occurring), insert `police officer'. 10
26. Section 37-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Regulations 13
`37. The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of this 14
Act. 15
`Existing regulations 16
`38. A regulation in force under this Act immediately before the 17
commencement of this section continues to have effect, after the 18
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SCHEDULE (continued)
commencement, as if it had been made under this Act as in force immediately 1
after the commencement.'. 2
27. First schedule-- 3
omit. 4
28. Second schedule (heading `SECOND SCHEDULE')-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`SCHEDULE'. 7
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© State of Queensland 1993
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