TONGA

BAIL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2012
Act No. 16 of 2012

Arrangement of Sections

Section

1 Short Title 
2 Section 2 amended 
3 Section 5 amended 
4 Section 6 amended 
5 Section 7 amended 
6 Form 2 of the Schedule amended 

BAIL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2012
Act No. 16 of 2012

AN ACT TO AMEND THE BAIL ACT TO PROVIDE FOR JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND POLICE IMPOSING BAIL CONDITIONS

I assent, 
TUPOU VI, 
21st November 2012. 

BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows: 

1 Short Title 

This Act may be cited as the Bail (Amendment) Act 2012. 

2 Section 2 amended 

Section 2 of the Bail Act is amended by, in the definition of police officer, inserting at the end "and, for the purpose of granting bail, if no such police officer is available, includes a Justice of the Peace appointed under section 94A of the Magistrate's Court Act". 

3 Section 5 amended 

Section 5 (iii) of the Bail Act is amended by, after "Court" first appearing, inserting "or a police officer". 

4 Section 6 amended 

Section 6(1) of the Bail Act is amended by repealing "Court has granted bail that Court" and replacing it with "Court or a police officer has granted bail, a Court". 

5 Section 7 amended 

Section 7(1)(b) of the Bail Act is amended by, after "Court" first appearing, inserting "or a police officer". 

6 Form 2 of the Schedule amended 

The Schedule of the Bail Act is amended by, in Form 2 inserting the following paragraph before "And the accused" – 

"To comply with the condition of bail appearing below.". 

Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 12th day of October 2012.