Criminal Procedure.

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(5) After the recognizance of a surety has been duly taken under these rules by a magistrate such magistrate shall forward such recognizance to the Registrar, and the Commissioner of Prisons shall, after the appellant's recognizance has been duly taken in pursuance of this rule, forward the same to the Registrar. The Registrar or magistrate shall after the recognizance of a surety is taken give to him a certificate in Form XV in the Schedule which such surety shall sign and retain.

certificate of receiving in due form to notify the Commissioner of Prisons to appellant.

(6) The Registrar, on being satisfied that the recognizances of the appellant and his surety or sureties (if any) are in due form and in compliance with the order of the court admitting the appellant to bail, shall send in Form XII in the Schedule a notice to the Commissioner of Prisons. This notice, when received by the said Commissioner, shall be a sufficient authority to him to release the appellant from custody.

release

(7) The recognizances provided for in this rule shall be in Forms X and XI in the Schedule.

Form of recognizance.

appellant on bail at hearing of

(8) An appellant who has been admitted to bail under the Ordinance shall, by the order of the Full Court or a judge under which he was so admitted to bail, be ordered to be and shall be personally present at each and every hearing of his appeal and at the final determination thereof. The Full Court may, in the event of such appellant not being present at any hearing of his appeal, if it thinks right so to do, decline to consider the appeal, and may proceed summarily to dismiss the same, and may issue a warrant for the apprehension of the appellant in Form XIX in the Schedule: Provided that the Full Court may consider the appeal in his absence, or make such other order as it thinks right.

(9) When an appellant is present before the Full Court such court may on an application made by any person or, if it thinks right so to do, without any application make any order admitting the appellant to bail, or revoke or vary any such order previously made, or enlarge from time to time the recognizance of the appellant or of his sureties or substitute any other surety for a surety previously bound as it thinks right.

Varying order Full Court.

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