BAIL ACT 1982 - SECT 55
BAIL ACT 1982 - SECT 55
55 . Accused before court under s. 54, judicial officer may revoke bail of etc.
(1) If the judicial
officer before whom an accused appears under section 54 is satisfied that
—
(a) the
accused is not likely to comply with any requirement of his bail undertaking
mentioned in section 28(2)(a) or (b); or
(b) he
is, or has been, or is likely to be, in breach of any condition of his bail
undertaking mentioned in section 28(2)(c); or
(ba) he
is, or has been, in breach of a home detention condition mentioned in
section 28(2)(d); or
(c) any
of the grounds set out in section 54(1)(b) has been established,
he may —
(d)
revoke the bail and remand the accused in custody to appear at the time and
place specified, or deemed by section 31(3) to be specified, in his bail
undertaking; or
(e)
revoke the bail and grant fresh bail to the accused in accordance with this
Act, other than clause 2 of Part B of Schedule 1.
(2) If the judicial
officer before whom the accused so appears is not satisfied as to any of the
matters mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b), or (c) he shall release the
accused on his existing bail undertaking and, with the consent in writing of
the surety, on any existing surety undertaking.
[Section 55 amended: No. 61 of 1990 s. 13; No. 45
of 1993 s. 12; No. 84 of 2004 s. 82.]
[ 56. Deleted: No. 6 of 2008 s. 35.]