Section 26 No right to bail for persons accused or convicted of committing offence while on bail.
England and Wales
In Part I of Schedule 1 to the M1Bail Act 1976 (exceptions to right to bail for imprisonable offences)—
(a)
after paragraph 2, there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“
2Ahe defendant need not be granted bail if—
(a)the offence is an indictable offence or an offence triable either way; and
(b)it appears to the court that he was on bail in criminal proceedings on the date of the offence.”; and
(b)
in paragraph 9, after the words “paragraph 2” there shall be inserted the words “ or 2A ”.
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Marginal citations
- M1