Before whom bail undertaking may be entered into
29 Before whom bail undertaking may be entered into
A bail undertaking need not be entered into before the judicial officer or authorised officer who granted bail but may be entered into before any of the following persons —
a judicial officer;
a registrar of a court, other than a deputy registrar of the Magistrates Court or the Children’s Court;
an authorised police officer;
an associate of a judge of the Supreme Court, the District Court or the Children’s Court;
where the accused is in a lock‑up or prison, any person for the time being in charge of the lock‑up or prison;
where the accused is in a court custody centre, any person for the time being in charge of the centre who is approved for the purposes of this paragraph by the chief executive officer of the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of the Court Security and Custodial Services Act 1999;
where the accused is a child, any authorised community services officer.
[Section 29 amended: No. 15 of 1988 s. 11; No. 49 of 1988 s. 86; No. 2 of 1996 s. 61; No. 59 of 2004 s. 141; No. 84 of 2004 s. 82; No. 6 of 2008 s. 19.]
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