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Bail definition

Bail means a security, which may include a bond with or without monetary conditions, required by a court for the release of a person in custody set to provide reasonable assurance of public safety and court appearance.
Bail means the security given for the primary purpose of ensuring the presence of the defendant
Bail means an application or referral to the appropriate person/court for an individual’s release on immigration bail when detained (or liable to be detained) under: (a) the authority of an immigration officer, (b) paragraph 16(1), (1A) or (2) of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (detention of persons liable to examination or removal), (c) paragraph 2(1), (2) or (3) of Schedule 3 to that Act (detention pending deportation), (d) section 62 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (detention of persons liable to examination or removal), or (e) section 36(1) of the UK Borders Act 2007 (detention pending deportation);

Examples of Bail in a sentence

  • The Applicant thus has an evidentiary onus of persuading the court that he is not an unacceptable risk.Degree of risk required[14] Bail when granted is not risk free.

  • Skura; Application for Bail; Mokbel v DPP (No. 3) [2002] VSC 393..

  • The KISP Bail Support program aims to reduce the number of young Aboriginal offenders who are detained prior to a finding of guilt and/or prior to the completion of the sentencing process.

  • The Koori Bail Support Program and the Koori Pre and Post Release Program were amalgamated in 2011 to form the Koori Intensive Support Program (KISP).

  • A pilot Koori Youth Bail Support Pilot Program commenced in July 2009.


More Definitions of Bail

Bail means pretrial release.
Bail means the pretrial release of a person from custody upon those terms and conditions specified by order of an appropriate judicial officer.
Bail means bail in criminal proceedings (within the meaning of the 1976 Act),
Bail means the security given for the purpose of insuring compliance with the terms of an appearance bond.
Bail means cash bail [or],
Bail means the security given for the primary purpose of ensuring the presence of the defendant in a pending criminal proceeding.
Bail means the pretrial release of a person from custody upon those terms and conditions specified