Making of release application
16 Making of release application
An accused person must make a release application in the following way—
if the person is at that time appearing before the court—orally,
if the person is not appearing before the court—in writing in the approved form.
A written release application may be signed by—
the accused person, or
on the accused person’s behalf by the accused person’s lawyer, spouse, de facto partner, parent or guardian.
A court may make a decision on a release application even if the accused person has not complied with the provisions of subsection (1) or (2).
An accused person may, in one application, make a release application to a court in relation to more than one offence.
If an accused person who makes a release application is in custody at a correctional centre, the general manager of the correctional centre must forward the application, without undue delay, to the registrar of the court to which the application is made.
A prosecutor is not required to give notice to an accused person of a decision to oppose a release application.
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