Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

BAIL AMENDMENT ACT 2004 (NO. 14 OF 2004) - SECT 25

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    (3)     If no direction is made by the court in relation to bail, whether or not the accused person appears in accordance with the undertaking—

        (a)     the court is taken to have continued bail; and

        (b)     the undertaking to appear and any bail conditions continue to apply.

    (4)     If the hearing of a charge against an accused person is adjourned or postponed, the court may—

        (a)     continue the person's bail; or

        (b)     make another order about bail.

    (5)     However, if a deposit has been made, or security given, by a surety in accordance with a bail condition, the court must not continue bail without the surety's consent unless it is a condition of bail that the deposit or security continues to apply if bail is continued.

    (6)     If bail is continued—

        (a)     the undertaking to appear is taken to be an undertaking to appear an any time when, and at any place where, proceedings in relation to the offence with which the person has been charged may be continued; and

        (b)     any bail conditions continue to apply.