TONGA
BAIL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022 
Act 5 of 2022
Arrangement of Sections 
Section 
1 Short Title and Interpretation 
2 Section 3 repealed 
3 Section 4 amended 

BAIL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022
AN ACT TO AMEND THE BAIL ACT [CAP 3.01]
I assent, 
TUPOU VI, 
26th January 2023. 

BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows: 
1	Short Title and Interpretation  
(1) This Act may be cited as the Bail (Amendment) Act 2022. 
(2) In this Act, the Bail Act [Cap 3.01], as amended, shall be referred to as the “Principal Act”. 
2	Section 3 repealed  
Section 3 of the Principal Act is hereby repealed.  
3	Section 4 amended  
Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by –  
	(a) deleting the current section heading and replacing it with “4 Bail upon arrest or charge”; and  
	(b) inserting the following new subsections (4) and (5) immediately after subsection (3) –  
	“(4) In determining the question of bail under this section, the Court need not apply the strict rules of evidence, and an informal enquiry by the Court may suffice. 
	(5) A person charged with murder or treason may be granted bail only by the Supreme Court or Court of Appeal.”.  
Passed by the Legislative Assembly on 26th day of October 2022.