A bail undertaking need not be entered into before the judicial officer or authorized officer who granted bail but may be entered into before any of the following persons ¾

(a) a judicial officer;

(b) the Principal Registrar or a Registrar of the Supreme Court;

(c) the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar of the District Court;

(d) a clerk of petty sessions;

(da) a clerk of the Children's Court;

(e) a coroner's clerk within the meaning of the Coroners Act 1996;

(f) an authorized police officer;

(g) an associate of a Judge of the Supreme Court or of the District Court or of the Children's Court;

(h) where the defendant is in prison, any person for the time being in charge of the prison;

(i) where the defendant is a child, any authorized community services officer.

[Section 29 amended by No. 15 of 1988 s.11; No. 49 of 1988 s.86; No. 2 of 1996 s.61.]