SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15 Minor and Consequential Amendments

Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47)

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The following section shall be substituted for section 17—

17 Bail.

1

The Court of Appeal may, if it thinks fit—

a

grant an appellant bail pending the determination of his appeal; or

b

vary the conditions of bail granted to an appellant in the exercise of the power conferred by paragraph (a) above; or

c

revoke bail granted to an appellant under paragraph (a) above.

2

The powers conferred by subsection (1) above may be exercised—

a

on the application of the appellant; or

b

if it appears to the Master that any of them ought to be exercised, on a reference to the court by him.