Section 23: Liability to arrest for breaking conditions of bail

23. Liability to arrest for breaking conditions of bail (1) Where a person who has been released on bail and is under a duty to surrender into the custody of a Court fails to surrender to custody at the time appointed for him to do so, the Court may issue a warrant for his arrest. (2) Where a person who has been released on bail absents himself from the Court without leave at any time after he has surrendered into the custody of the Court, and before the Court is ready to begin or resume the hearing of the proceedings, the Court may issue a warrant for his arrest. (3) A person who has been released on bail and is under a duty to surrender into the custody of a Court may be arrested without warrant by a police B1 – 11 [Issue 4] Bail Act officer in a case where the person was released on bail with one or more surety or sureties, where a surety notifies the Police in writing that the person is unlikely to surrender to custody and that, for that reason, the surety wishes to be relieved of his obligations as a surety. (4) A person arrested pursuant to subsection (3) shall be brought as soon as reasonably practicable before the Court which released him on bail. (5) Where a person is arrested pursuant to this section, the Court shall determine whether to release him on bail subject to the same or different conditions or to remand him in custody. [S. 23 inserted by s. 11 of Act 34 of 2011 w.e.f. 1 January 2012.] 24. —