South Australian Current Acts

BAIL ACT 1985 - SECT 18

18—Arrest of eligible person on non-compliance with bail agreement

        (1)         If it appears to a court or justice that a person released on bail has contravened or failed to comply with a term or condition of a bail agreement, it may, if it appears necessary or desirable to do so, issue a warrant for the person's arrest.

        (2)         A police officer may arrest without warrant a person released on bail if he or she has reasonable grounds for believing that the person—

            (a)         intends to abscond; or

            (b)         is contravening or failing to comply with a bail agreement; or

            (c)         has contravened or failed to comply with a bail agreement.

        (3)         A person who is arrested without warrant pursuant to subsection (2) must, after being delivered into custody at a police station or designated police facility, be brought as soon as practicable before—

            (a)         the court before which the person is bound to appear; or

            (b)         the Magistrates Court.

        (4)         On the arrest of a person to whom this section applies, the bail agreement of that person is taken to be revoked.

        (5)         Subsection (4) ceases to apply to the person arrested if that person is later released unconditionally.