(1) Whenever a surety
approval officer is called upon to decide whether an applicant should be
approved as a surety, he shall ensure that the applicant is, or has been,
given —
(a) a
duly completed notice in the prescribed form showing details of the terms and
conditions on which bail has been granted to the accused in whose case the
surety is required; and
(b) such
information in writing as to the effect of this Act in relation to the rights,
obligations and liabilities of sureties as is prescribed for the purposes of
this paragraph; and
(c) a
prescribed form of declaration for completion designed to disclose to the
surety approval officer all information relevant to the decision.
(2) Before he makes
his decision, the surety approval officer shall ensure that the applicant
furnishes to him the declaration referred to in subsection (1)(c) duly
completed.
[Section 37 amended: No. 84 of 2004 s. 82; No. 6
of 2008 s. 24(4), (5) and 25; No. 20 of 2013 s. 28.]