BAIL ACT 1985 - SECT 17

BAIL ACT 1985 - SECT 17

17—Non-compliance with bail agreement constitutes offence

        (1)         A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes or fails to comply with a term or condition of a bail agreement is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        (2)         A penalty imposed under this section must not exceed the maximum penalty that may be imposed for the principal offence.

        (3)         A penalty imposed under this section is in addition to any pecuniary forfeiture that the convicted person suffers or may suffer in consequence of the offence.

        (4)         A reference in this section to the principal offence is a reference to—

            (a)         the offence with which the person released on bail was charged; or

            (b)         if that person was charged with a number of offences—that one of the offences that attracts the highest penalty.