s. 9 (3) Before admitting an accused to bail with a surety S. 9(3) or sureties the court or other person authorized by substituted by No. 9158 section 27 shall— s. 3(a), amended by (a) be satisfied of the sufficiency of the means No. 68/2009 of the surety or sureties and for this purpose s. 97(Sch. item 11.1). may require the surety or sureties (as the case may be) to— (i) lodge in cash the amount of the bail; or (ii) lodge a document that is evidence of S. 9(3)(a)(ii) amended by the ownership and the value of property Nos 51/1989 s. 142(e), or any other asset to the amount of the 11/2001 bail; and s. 3(Sch. item 5), Note substituted by No. 70/2010 Examples of documents that may be required s. 10(2). are a copy of a certificate of title for the property or a search of the title of the land, a current rate notice that includes a valuation of the property, an independent valuation of the property or a bank statement of a mortgage account in relation to the property. (b) require the surety or sureties to make before S. 9(3)(b) amended by it or him (as the case may be) an affidavit of No. 84/1997 justification for bail; and s. 5(1), substituted by No. 70/2010 s. 10(3). S. 9(3)(c) (c) require the surety or sureties to sign the inserted by undertaking of bail. No. 70/2010 s. 10(3). (3A) For the purposes of this section— S. 9(3A) inserted by No. 84/1997 (a) a surety may appear before a court within the s. 5(2), meaning of section 3(1) of the Evidence amended by No. 69/2009 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958 by s. 54(Sch. Pt 2 audio visual link or audio link in accordance item 6), substituted by with Part IIA of that Act; or No. 70/2010 s. 10(4).
S. 9(3) substituted by No. 9158 s. 3(a), amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 11.1). (3) Before admitting an accused to bail with a surety or sureties the court or other person authorized by section 27 shall— (a) be satisfied of the sufficiency of the means of the surety or sureties and for this purpose may require the surety or sureties (as the case may be) to— (i) lodge in cash the amount of the bail; or S. 9(3)(a)(ii) amended by Nos 51/1989 s. 142(e), 11/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 5), substituted by No. 70/2010 s. 10(2). (ii) lodge a document that is evidence of the ownership and the value of property or any other asset to the amount of the bail; and Note s. 9 Examples of documents that may be required are a copy of a certificate of title for the property or a search of the title of the land, a current rate notice that includes a valuation of the property, an independent valuation of the property or a bank statement of a mortgage account in relation to the property. S. 9(3)(b) amended by No. 84/1997 s. 5(1), substituted by No. 70/2010 s. 10(3). (b) require the surety or sureties to make before it or him (as the case may be) an affidavit of justification for bail; and S. 9(3)(c) inserted by No. 70/2010 s. 10(3). (c) require the surety or sureties to sign the undertaking of bail. S. 9(3A) inserted by No. 84/1997 s. 5(2), amended by No. 69/2009 s. 54(Sch. Pt 2 item 6), substituted by No. 70/2010 s. 10(4). (3A) For the purposes of this section— (a) a surety may appear before a court within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958 by audio visual link or audio link in accordance with Part IIA of that Act; or
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