{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-act-1980/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-act-1980/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/47",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Bail.",
  "text": "(1) The Court of Appeal may, if it thinks fit—\n(a) grant an appellant bail pending the determination of his appeal; or\n(b) vary the conditions of bail granted to an appellant in the exercise of the power conferred by paragraph (a) above; or\n(c) revoke bail granted to an appellant under paragraph (a) above.\n(2) The powers conferred by subsection (1) above may be exercised—\n(a) on the application of the appellant; or\n(b) if it appears to the Master that any of them ought to be exercised, on a reference to the court by him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 17 substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), s. 170, Sch. 15 para. 74"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/47/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:13.972942+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."
}