{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-conditional-release-from-custody-order-2009/article-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-conditional-release-from-custody-order-2009/article-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/991",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Conditional Release from Custody) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-conditional-release-from-custody-order-2009",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Forfeiture of a recognizance given as a condition of bail",
  "text": "(1) This article applies where—\n(a) a judge advocate grants bail under article 3 to a person; and\n(b) the bail is subject to a condition that the person provides a surety to guarantee that he will surrender to custody as required; but\n(c) the person does not surrender to custody as required.\n(2) The court administration officer shall serve notice on the surety and the Director of Service Prosecutions of a hearing at which a judge advocate may order the forfeiture of the recognizance given by that surety.\n(3) A judge advocate shall not forfeit a surety’s recognizance—\n(a) less than 7 days after the date on which the court administration officer serves notice under paragraph (2); and\n(b) without giving the surety an opportunity to make representations at the hearing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/991/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:13:03.189477+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."
}