{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bail-act-1976/schedule-4/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bail-act-1976/schedule-4/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/63",
  "legislation_title": "Bail Act 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bail-act-1976",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where a person has been granted bail before the appointed day and his recognizance (and that of any surety for him) is conditioned for his appearance before a court from time to time, then, on his first appearance before a court after the appointed day—\n(a) the recognizance of that person shall be discharged; and\n(b) the recognizance of any surety for him shall, as directed by the court, either be discharged or continue in force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/63/schedule/4/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:27:48.662895+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."
}