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Section 26: No right to bail for persons accused or convicted of committing offence while on bail.

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 · 1994 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk

Part II: Bail

In Part I of Schedule 1 to the Bail Act 1976 (exceptions to right to bail for imprisonable offences)—

after paragraph 2, there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(2A)he 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

in paragraph 9, after the words “paragraph 2” there shall be inserted the words .“ or 2A ”

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