{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-act-1968/section-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-act-1968/section-36.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/19",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Appeal Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-act-1968",
  "path": "section/36",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Bail on appeal by defendant.",
  "text": "The Court of Appeal may, subject to section 25 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, if it seems fit, on the application of a person appealing or applying for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, other than a person appealing or applying for leave to appeal from a decision on an appeal under Part 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 or section 9(11) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 or section 35 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (appeals against orders or rulings at preparatory hearings), or section 47 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 grant him bail pending the determination of his appeal.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 36 inserted (10.4.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(2), Sch. 10 para. 23; S.I. 1995/721, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 36 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 16(6); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38, SIF 39:1), s. 15, Sch. 2 para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 36 inserted (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 68(2), 336(3)(4); S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 4 (with Sch. 2) (as explained (29.7.2005) by S.I. 2005/2122, art. 2; and as amended: (14.7.2008) by 2008 c. 4, Sch. 26 para. 78, Sch. 28 Pt. 2; S.I. 2008/1586, Sch. 1 paras. 48(s), 50(2)(d); (30.11.2009) by S.I. 2009/3111, art. 2; (3.12.2012) by S.I. 2012/2905, art. 4; (3.12.2012) by 2012 c. 10, Sch. 14 para. 17; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(l))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 36 inserted (4.7.1996 but with effect on 15.4.1997 as mentioned in s. 28) by 1996 c. 25, ss. 28, 36 (with s. 78(1)); S.I. 1997/1019, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 36 inserted (24.7.2006) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 47(7), 336(3), (4) (with s. 48(4)); S.I. 2006/1835, art. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words substituted by Bail Act 1976 (c. 63), Sch. 2 para. 43"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/19/section/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:31.036600+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."
}