Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Bail Act 1977 - SECT 21

Surety may apprehend principal

21. Surety may apprehend principal



(1) Where a person is bailed to appear on a certain day before a court a
surety for the bail may before that day apprehend the principal and bring him
before a bail justice or the court to which he is bailed to appear and all
members of the police force shall, if required by the surety, assist him in
the apprehension.

(2) The bail justice or court may direct that the liability of the surety be
discharged and may call upon the principal to find other surety in the same
amount and, if he fails to do so, may commit him to prison.