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Bail Act 1976

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37(1)Section 22 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (extension of power of High Court to grant, or vary conditions of, bail) shall be amended as follows.

(2)For subsections (1) and (2) there shall be substituted the following—

“(1)Where an inferior court withholds bail in criminal proceedings or imposes conditions in granting bail in criminal proceedings, the High Court may grant bail or vary the conditions.

(2)Where the High Court grants a person bail under this section it may direct him to appear at a time and place which the inferior court could have directed and the recognizance of any surety shall be conditioned accordingly.”

(3)In subsection (3) for the words " admitted to " wherever occurring there shall be substituted the word " granted ".

(4)At the end of subsection (4) there shall be added the word& " and 'bail in criminal proceedings' and 'vary' have the same meanings as they have in the Bail Act 1976. "

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