Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 580

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580. (1) The person charged or accused shall be admitted to bail by the Court of Magistrates or by the Criminal Court, unde r the authority of which, as the case may be, he is or is to be detai ned. When bail may be applied for. (2) The demand for bail may be made at any stage of the proceedings subsequent to the taking down in writing of the complaint or report and the examination referred to in article 390, and any such demand may be made not only during the inquiry, bu t also to the judge sitting in the Criminal Court after the accus ed has been committed for trial or after the filing of the indictment, even though bail had not been granted to him by the Court of Magistrates. 374 CAP . 9.] CRIMINAL CODE Mode of applying for bail before the Criminal Court, (3) The demand for bail before the Criminal Court shall be made by an application whereupon the court shall, if the application, is opposed by the Attorney General, appoint a day for hearing the applicant and the Attorney General, causing them to be served with a co py of the decree. before Court of Magistrates. (4) Except as provided in article 575(2), the demand for bail before the Court of Magistrates shall be made orally. Party bailed arrested for default, not to be re-admitted to bail.

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