PART XIRECOGNIZANCES AND BAIL

General provisions with regard to recognizances

Acceptance of deposit of money or valuable security in lieu of sureties to a recognizance137

1

Any magistrates' court or member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary may accept or authorise the acceptance of the deposit of a sum of money or other valuable security in lieu of sureties for the due performance of the conditions of a recognizance.

2

Where a court of summary jurisdiction estreats the recognizance, it may order the forfeiture of the whole or any part of any sum of money or other valuable security deposited under paragraph (1).

3

The amount of the sum deposited or the valuable security shall be specified in the recognizance.

4

Where the condition of the recognizance is duly performed the sum or security shall be repaid or returned to the person who deposited it.