Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 578
578. The effect of the security for bail shall be the temporary
release from custody of th e person charged or accused:
Provided that it shall be lawful for the court, at any
subsequent stage of the proceedi ngs, on the demand of the Polic e or
the Attorney General, as the case may be, on good cause being
shown, and after hearing the person charged or accused, to depr ive
him of the benefit of such temporary release, and to order his re-
arrest.
CRIMINAL CODE [CAP. 9. 373
Consequences of
default of
appearance of
person admitted
to bail, etc.
Amended by:
XXII.1976.4.
Substituted by:
XXIX.1989.3.
Amended by:
XXIX.1990.30;
III.2002.142;
XVI.2006.16;
XI.2009.10;
VIII.2015.36;
XXIX.2021.3.
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