Criminal Procedure Act, 1967

Provisions as to admission to bail.

28.—(1) A justice of the District Court or a peace commissioner shall admit to bail a person charged before him with an offence, other than an offence to which section 29 applies, if it appears to him to be a case in which bail ought to be allowed.

(2) Refusal of bail at a particular appearance before the District Court shall not prevent a renewal of the application for bail at a subsequent appearance or while the accused is in custody awaiting trial.

(3) Where an application for bail is refused, or where the applicant is dissatisfied with the bail, he may appeal to the High Court.

(4) When a justice or a peace commissioner grants bail to an accused person who is in custody that person shall, on completion of the recognisance, be released if he is in custody for no other cause than the offence in respect of which bail is granted.