{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-65.48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-65.48.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/65.48",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "65.48",
  "heading": "Recognizance",
  "text": "(1) Where, in accordance with paragraph 2(2)(b) of Schedule 5 to the 2009 Act or paragraph 2(3)(b) of Schedule 1 to the 2014 Act, the court fixes the amount of any recognizance with a view to it being taken subsequently, the recognizance may be taken by—\n(a) a judge;\n(b) a justice of the peace;\n(c) a justices’ legal adviser;\n(d) a police officer of the rank of inspector or above, or in charge of a police station; or\n(e) where the arrested person is in custody, the governor or keeper of a prison,\nwith the same consequences as if it had been entered into before the court.\n(2) The person having custody of an applicant for bail must release that person if satisfied that the required recognizances have been taken.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 65 inserted (30.6.2004) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2004 (S.I. 2004/1306), rule 1(b), Sch. 2 (with rule 20(2)(a))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Pt. 65 Section 8 inserted (31.1.2011) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/1953), rule 1(3), Sch. 3; S.I. 2010/2988, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 65.48(1) inserted (1.10.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 6) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/2044), rules 2, 11(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in rule 65.48(1)(c) substituted (6.4.2020) by The Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/100), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 5(3) (with reg. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/65.48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}