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  "legislation_title": "Bail Act 1976",
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  "heading": null,
  "text": "The defendant need not be granted bail if the court is satisfied that the defendant should be kept in custody for his own protection or, if he is a child or young person, for his own welfare.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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