New Zealand Legislation: Acts

30 Defendant, if bailable as of right, to be brought before court on request

• (1) A defendant who is bailable as of right must, if the defendant so requests, be brought before a court for the purpose of making an application for bail if—

  • (a) the defendant has been remanded in custody under section 46 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957; and

  • (b) the defendant did not make application for bail under this Act at the time of the remand.

  (2) The application may be granted as if it were an application made at the time at which the defendant was remanded.

  (3) If bail is granted under this section, the particulars required to be certified by the District Court or Registrar under section 29(b) must be certified in writing by the court granting bail, and forwarded to the prison manager of the prison in which the defendant is detained under the remand warrant.

  Compare: 1957 No 87 s 48

  Section 30(3): amended, on 1 June 2005, by section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50).