1976-HKRS28-16-24_Part02 — Page 63

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No. 35 of 1976

I assent.

M

Governor.

10th June, 1976.

Ao Ordinance to amend the Criminal Procedure Ordinance.

[Uth June, 1976)

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Criminal Procedure (Amend- Short dik. ment) Ordinance 1976.

2. Section 13A(3) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendrast of "a District Court" and substituting the following-

"the District Court".

#suod 134DE (Cap. 211)

seculon 13AM.

3. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 13A Addling of new the following new section-

"Cub baik.

13AA. (1) A court may on admitting, or directing the admission of, an accused person to bail order that such sum of money as the court may specify be deposited with the court, as a condition of the admission to bail, by the accused person or a surety or by both the accused person and a surety.

(2) If a person admitted to bail does not appear at the Lime and place required by the court, a court may order any aum deposited pursuant to an order under subsection (1) to be forfeited and may issue a warrant for the arrest of that person.