New Zealand Legislation: Acts

28 Bail on adjournment

• (1) In any case referred to in section 46(1) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 (which relates to dealing with a defendant on adjournment), the District Court may grant the defendant bail under this section for the period of the adjournment.

  (2) A Registrar may exercise the power conferred by subsection (1) to grant bail if—

  • (a) the informant does not oppose bail and the offence with which the defendant has been charged—

    • (i) is not punishable by imprisonment; or

    • (ii) is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not more than 10 years; or

  • (b) the prosecution agrees.

  Compare: 1957 No 87 s 46(1)(b), (2)

  Section 28(2): substituted, on 1 October 2007, by section 5 of the Bail Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 26).