29. Before whom bail undertaking may be entered into
A bail undertaking need not be entered into before the judicial officer or authorised 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 authorised 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 authorised 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.]