Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 584

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584. The amount of the security shall be regulated as follows: In the case of contraventions, other than the contravention ref erred to in article 338( t), the amount of the security shall be from four euro and sixty-six cents (€4.66) to nine euro and thirty-two cents ( €9.32); in the case of the contraventi on referred to in article 338( t) or of any crime punishable with detention, or with less than one year’s imprisonment, the amount of the security shall be from forty-si x euro and fifty-nine cents (€46.59) to twenty-three thousand and two hundred and ninety-three euro a nd seventy-three cents (€23,293. 73); and in any other case the amount of the security shall be such sum, being not less than one hundred and sixteen euro and forty-seve n cents (€116.47), as the court sha ll deem, in the circumstances, sufficient to ensure as far as possible that the person charged or accused will appear as provided by law. Recovery of bail. Amended by: VIII.1857.18.

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