Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 580
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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