{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1960/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1960/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/8-9/65",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Justice Act 1960",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1960",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Admission of appellant to bail.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) The power of the High Court under any enactment or rule of law to grant bail in connection with proceedings pending before the High Court shall , subject to section 25 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, include power to grant bail to an appellant under section 1 of this Act, or a person applying for leave to appeal thereunder, pending the appeal ; and in relation to the time and place of appearance appointed and any recognizance to be entered into by any surety under section thirty-seven of the Criminal Justice Act 1948 as applied by this subsection, any reference in that section to the judgment of the High Court shall be construed as a reference to the judgment of the Supreme Court or, if the case is remitted by the Supreme Court to the court below, to the judgment of that court on the case as so remitted.\n(3) Where application is made to the High Court for leave to appeal, that court may give such directions as it thinks fit for discharging or enlarging any recognizances entered into by . . . any surety, under any enactment or otherwise, with reference to the proceedings of that court.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 1–5 repealed (N.I.) with saving by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23) , Sch. 6 para. 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ss. 3(2) , 4(1) , 9(4) repealed by (E.W.) Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19) , Sch. 7 and (N.I.) Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1968 (c. 21) , Sch. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(2) and (3) substituted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22 , ss. 63(2) , 108(3) (with s. 107 and S Ch. 14 para. 7(2) )."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(2) substituted (10.4.1995) by 1994 c. 33 , s. 168(2) , Sch. 10 para. 10 ; S.I. 1995/721 , art. 2 , Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80) , Sch. 4 para. 24"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words inserted by Bail Act 1976 (c. 63) , Sch. 2 para. 30"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(2) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 13(4); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words repealed by Bail Act 1976 (c. 63) , Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1948 c. 58 ."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/8-9/65/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:10:49.367524+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}