{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-rules-1968/rule-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-rules-1968/rule-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisro/1968/218",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-rules-1968",
  "path": "rule/8",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Bail",
  "text": "(1) Where the Court directs the admission of an appellant to bail pending the determination of his appeal or pending his retrial, the Court shall determine the number of sureties, if any, the amount in which he and any sureties are to be bound and the conditions to be endorsed on the recognizances.\n(2) The recognizance of an appellant shall be in Form 8, and that of a surety in Form 9, except that in relation to an appellant admitted to bail pending his retrial his recognizance shall be in Form 10 and that of a surety in Form 11.\n(3) Any such recognizance may be entered into before the Registrar, a justice of the peace, a member of the police force either of or above the rank of District Inspector or, in case of an appellant who is in custody before the person having custody of him.\n(4) Where the Registrar does not take the recognizances he shall issue a certificate in Form 12 showing the conditions of the recognizances and the amount in which the appellant and any sureties are to be bound : and a person authorised to take a recognizance under this rule shall not be required or entitled to take it without the production of such a certificate as aforesaid.\n(5) A person authorised to take a recognizance from a surety under this rule shall not do so unless he is satisfied that the person entering into the recognizance is, in all the circumstances, a suitable person to do so.\n(6) Where a recognizance is taken by a person other than the Registrar, that person shall send it to the Registrar.\n(7) A person taking a recognizance under this rule shall give a copy to the person entering into the recognizance.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisro/1968/218/rule/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T13:33:01.429812+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."
}