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BAIL AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO. 1 OF 2016) - SECT 14

New section 16B inserted

After section 16A of the Bail Act 1977 insert

        " 16B     Capacity of child to enter into undertaking

If, in the opinion of a court or bail justice granting bail to a child or a police officer discharging a child on bail under section 10, the child does not have the capacity or understanding to enter into an undertaking, the child may be released on bail if the child's parent or some other person enters into an undertaking, in any amount which the court or bail justice or police officer thinks fit, to produce the child at the venue of the court to which the hearing of the charge is adjourned or the court to which the child is committed for trial.".



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