Judicial officer may revoke bail of accused before court under s. 54
55 Judicial officer may revoke bail of accused before court under s. 54
If the judicial officer before whom an accused appears under section 54 is satisfied that —
the accused is not likely to comply with any requirement of the accused’s bail undertaking mentioned in section 28(2)(a) or (b); or
the accused is, or has been, or is likely to be, in breach of any condition of the accused’s bail undertaking mentioned in section 28(2)(c); or
the accused is, or has been, in breach of a home detention condition mentioned in section 28(2)(d); or
the accused is, or has been, in breach of an electronic monitoring condition mentioned in section 28(2)(e); or
any of the grounds set out in section 54(1)(b) has been established,
the judicial officer may —
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 the accused’s bail undertaking; or
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.
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) the judicial officer must release the accused on the accused’s 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; No. 28 of 2024 s. 24.]
[56. Deleted: No. 6 of 2008 s. 35.]
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