Courts and Court Officers Act, 2002
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Amendment of Bail Act, 1997. |
33.—The Bail Act, 1997 , is amended— | |
(a) in section 5— | ||
(i) in subsection (1), by the insertion of “, the court may, having regard to the circumstances of the case, including the means of the person and the nature of the offence in relation to which the person is in custody, order that” after “admits a person who is in custody to bail”, and | ||
(ii) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “the amount (if any) of any recognisance paid into court” for “the amount of any recognisance paid into court”, | ||
(b) in section 8(2), by the insertion of “, if the court, having regard to the circumstances of the case, including the means of the person and the nature of the offence to which the warrant relates, so orders” after “approved by the member and”, and | ||
(c) in section 9— | ||
(i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “any amount paid into court” for “the amount paid into court”, and | ||
(ii) in subsection (7), by the substitution of “any moneys paid into court” for “the moneys paid into court”. |