128 Remand in custody or on bail
Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (1980 c 43) | Legislation

Remand

128  Remand in custody or on bail

(1)     Where a magistrates' court has power to remand any person, then, subject to section 4 of the Bail Act 1976 and to any other enactment modifying that power, the court may—

(a)     remand him in custody, that is to say, commit him to custody to be brought before the court[, subject to subsection (3A) below,] at the end of the period of remand or at such earlier time as the court may require; or

(b)     where it is . . . trying an offence alleged to have been committed by that person or has convicted him of an offence, remand him on bail in accordance with the Bail Act 1976, that is to say, by directing him to appear as provided in subsection (4) below; or

(c)     except in a case falling within paragraph (b) above, remand him on bail by taking from him a recognizance (with or without sureties) conditioned as provided in that subsection;

and may, in a case falling within paragraph (c) above, instead of taking recognizances in accordance with that paragraph, fix the amount of the recognizances with a view to their being taken subsequently in accordance with section

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