and Supreme Court rules, Crown Court rules, Courts-Martial Appeal rules or magistrates’ courts rules may also prescribe the manner in which a recognizance which is to be entered into before such a person is to be entered into and the persons by whom and the manner in which the recognizance may be enforced.
(5) Where a surety seeks to enter into his recognizance before any person in accordance with subsection (4) above but that person declines to take his recognizance because he is not satisfied of the surety’s suitability, the surety may apply to—
- (a) the court which fixed the amount of the recognizance in which the surety was to be bound, or
- (b) a magistrates’ court for the petty sessions area in which he resides,
for that court to take his recognizance and that court shall, if satisfied of his suitability, take his recognizance.
(6) Where this subsection applies, the court, if satisfied of the suitability of the proposed surety, may direct that arrangements be made for the recognizance of the surety to be entered into in Scotland before any constable, within the meaning of the 1967 c. 77.Police (Scotland) Act 1967, having charge at any police office or station in like manner as the recognizance would be entered into in England or Wales.
(7) Where, in pursuance of subsection (4) or (6) above, a recognizance is entered into otherwise than before the court that fixed the amount of the recognizance, the same consequences shall follow as if it had been entered into before that court.
Miscellaneous
Offence of agreeing to indemnify sureties in criminal proceedings. 9.—(1) If a person agrees with another to indemnify that other against any liability which that other may incur as a surety to secure the surrender to custody of a person accused or convicted of or under arrest for an offence, he and that other person shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) An offence under subsection (1) above is committed whether the agreement is made before or after the person to be indemnified becomes a surety and whether or not he becomes a surety and whether the agreement contemplates compensation in money or in money’s worth.
(3) Where a magistrates’ court convicts a person of an offence under subsection (1) above the court may, if it thinks—
- (a) that the circumstances of the offence are such that greater punishment should be inflicted for that offence than the court has power to inflict, or
