Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

MAGISTRATES COURT ACT 1930 - SECT 68

    (1)     The court may order that the person—

        (a)     be remanded in custody until the date, time and place specified in the order; or

        (b)     be released on a recognisance, signed by the person, in which the person agrees to appear before the court on a day and at a time and place specified by the court—

              (i)     in the recognisance; and

              (ii)     in any subsequent notice given or sent to the person by the court; or

        (c)     be released unconditionally.

    (2)     If the court makes any orders in relation to a person under this section, the person must be given written notice of the orders by—

        (a)     if the court is sitting when the order is made—the court; or

        (b)     if the court is not sitting when the order is made—the reporting officer.

    (3)     Any single period of remand ordered under this section must not be longer than—

        (a)     28 days; or

        (b)     if the person chooses to be remanded for a longer period without review—a longer period that the court considers reasonable.

    (4)     Division 3.4.4 applies to a recognisance under this section.