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Bail and the Human Rights Act 1998: [HC]


Published June 2001

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The Bail Act, 1976


Published 1976
The Stationery Office Books
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Bail in Criminal Proceedings

by Neil Corre, David Wolchover
Published1999
Blackstone Press
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THE RIGHT TO BAIL

Every person brought before the Magistrates' Court in criminal proceedings has a right to be granted unconditional bail

The only exceptions are:

i. where a person is charged with treason

ii. Where a defendant has been convicted and a custodial sentence person is appealing to the Crown Court or the High Court

iii. Where a defendant has been convicted by a Magistrates' Court and to the Crown Court for sentence imposed, and that is being committed

iv. Where one or more of the exceptions contained in schedule l of the Bail Act 1976 is satisfied

v. where the defendant is charged with a serious offence (murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, rape or attempted rape) and (s)he has a previous conviction for a serious offence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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