Court may make forfeiture order if accused person fails to appear
2 Court may make forfeiture order if accused person fails to appear
A court may make an order requiring the forfeiture to the Crown of any bail money associated with a bail acknowledgment if satisfied that a person granted bail has failed to appear before a court in accordance with the bail acknowledgment.
An order under this clause is a forfeiture order.
A forfeiture order may be made only by—
the court that granted bail, or
the court before which the person granted bail was required to appear under the bail acknowledgment.
A forfeiture order may not be made if more than 3 years have elapsed since the accused person allegedly failed to appear before the court in accordance with the relevant bail acknowledgment.
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