SCHEDULE 2
Consequential and Other Amendments of Acts
Habeas Corpus Act 1679
1. In section 2 of the Habeas Corpus Act 1679 (bail for persons released from custody under habeas corpus while awaiting trial) for the words from “discharge the said prisoner” to “his or their appearance in” there shall be substituted the words “grant bail in accordance with the Bail Act 1976 to the said prisoner subject to a duty to appear before” and for the words “and the said recognizance or recognizances” there shall be substituted the words “together with the recognizance of any surety for him”.
1839 c. 47.Metropolitan Police Act 1839
2. In section 69 (persons arrested to be kept in custody or bailed) for the words “give bail for his appearance” there shall be substituted the words “be granted bail subject to a duty to appear”.
1867 c. 35.Criminal Law Amendment Act 1867
3. In section 10 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1867 (production from prison without habeas corpus where recognizances for appearance have been taken) for the words from the beginning to “such court” there shall be substituted the words “Where a person who has been granted bail in criminal proceedings is, while awaiting trial for the offence before the Crown Court, in prison”.
1887 c. 71.Coroners Act 1887
4. In section 5(3) of the Coroners Act 1887 (procedure on inquisition charging a person with homicide), before the word “recognizances there shall be inserted the word “any” and at the end there shall be added the words “together with the record of any decision of his granting bail to or withholding bail from the person charged by the inquisition.”
1889 c. 63.Interpretation Act 1889
5. In section 27 of the Interpretation Act 1889 (meaning of “committed for trial”) for the words “to custody” wherever occurring there shall be substituted the words “in custody or on bail” and the words from “and shall include” to the end shall be omitted.
1911 c. 6.Perjury Act 1911
6. In section 9(1) of the Perjury Act 1911 (bail for person directed by the court to be prosecuted for perjury) for the words “admit him to bail” there shall be substituted the words “grant him bail”.
1914 c. 58.Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914
7. In section 19 of the Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914 (continuous bail otherwise than in proceedings in magistrates’ courts), for the words “the recognizance may be conditioned” there shall be substituted the words “the court may, where it remands him on bail in criminal proceedings (within the meaning of the Bail Act 1976) direct him to appear or, in any other case, direct that his recognizance be conditioned”.
