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The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025

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14.14 Requirement for a surety or payment, etc.

(1) This rule applies where the court imposes as a condition of bail a requirement for— (a) a surety; (b) a payment; or (c) the surrender of a document or thing. (2) The court may direct how such a condition must be met. (3) Unless the court otherwise directs, if any such condition or direction requires a surety to enter into a recognizance— (a) the recognizance must specify— (i) the amount that the surety will be required to pay if the purpose for which the recognizance is entered is not fulfilled, and (ii) the date, or the event, upon which the recognizance will expire; (b) the surety must enter into the recognizance in the presence of— (i) the court officer, (ii) the defendant’s custodian, where the defendant is in custody, or (iii) someone acting with the authority of either; and (c) the person before whom the surety enters into the recognizance must at once serve a copy on— (i) the surety, and (ii) as appropriate, the court officer and the defendant’s custodian. (4) Unless the court otherwise directs, if any such condition or direction requires someone to make a payment, or surrender a document or thing— (a) that payment, document or thing must be made or surrendered to— (i) the court officer, (ii) the defendant’s custodian, where the defendant is in custody, or (iii) someone acting with the authority of either; and (b) the court officer or the custodian, as appropriate, must serve immediately on the other a statement that the payment, document or thing has been made or surrendered. (5) The custodian must release the defendant when each requirement ordered by the court has been met. [Note. See also section 119 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.]

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14.14 Requirement for a surety or payment, etc.

(1) This rule applies where the court imposes as a condition of bail a requirement for— (a) a surety; (b) a payment; or (c) the surrender of a document or thing. (2) The court may direct how such a condition must be met. (3) Unless the court otherwise directs, if any such condition or direction requires a surety to enter into a recognizance— (a) the recognizance must specify— (i) the amount that the surety will be required to pay if the purpose for which the recognizance is entered is not fulfilled, and (ii) the date, or the event, upon which the recognizance will expire; (b) the surety must enter into the recognizance in the presence of— (i) the court officer, (ii) the defendant’s custodian, where the defendant is in custody, or (iii) someone acting with the authority of either; and (c) the person before whom the surety enters into the recognizance must at once serve a copy on— (i) the surety, and (ii) as appropriate, the court officer and the defendant’s custodian. (4) Unless the court otherwise directs, if any such condition or direction requires someone to make a payment, or surrender a document or thing— (a) that payment, document or thing must be made or surrendered to— (i) the court officer, (ii) the defendant’s custodian, where the defendant is in custody, or (iii) someone acting with the authority of either; and (b) the court officer or the custodian, as appropriate, must serve immediately on the other a statement that the payment, document or thing has been made or surrendered. (5) The custodian must release the defendant when each requirement ordered by the court has been met. [Note. See also section 119 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.]

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