BAIL ACT 1980 - SECT 19A
Consideration of unrecorded convictions
BAIL ACT 1980 - SECT 19A
Consideration of unrecorded convictions
19A Consideration of unrecorded convictions
(1) This section applies to a person in custody in connection with a charge of
an offence if the person has previously been found guilty of an offence, as a
child, without a conviction being recorded.
(2) A court or police officer
deciding whether to release the person or keep the person in custody may have
regard to the finding.