Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Subject to
sections 14, 15 and 16B where the arrest of an accused for an offence is made
pursuant to a warrant he shall not be granted bail before he is brought before
a court or judicial officer as commanded by the warrant, except by a justice
acting in terms of section 6(9).
(2) Notwithstanding
subsection (1) or any other provision of this Act, an accused who has been
arrested pursuant to a warrant —
(a)
issued under section 59B; or
(b)
issued under the Criminal Procedure Act 2004 for an offence against
section 51(1) or (2),
shall not have a right
to have his case for bail considered, and shall not be granted bail, before he
is brought before the court as commanded by the warrant.
[Section 16 amended: No. 59 of 2004 s. 141; No. 84
of 2004 s. 11 and 82; No. 59 of 2006 s. 4(3); No. 6 of 2008 s. 36(2); No. 15
of 2019 s. 7.]