s.7Conditions of bail
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Section 7Part 2 — Grant of Bail in Criminal Proceedings

Conditions of bail

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A court or police officer shall not grant a person bail in criminal proceedings subject to conditions except such conditions as appear to the court or police officer to be necessary to secure that the person —
surrenders to custody;
does not commit any offence while on bail;
does not interfere with witnesses or otherwise obstruct the course of justice, whether in relation to himself or another person; or
in the case of a person referred to in section 17(1)(b), makes himself available to enable inquiries or a report to be made to assist the court to deal with him for the offence.
Where a court or police officer imposes a curfew as a condition, the court or police officer, in addition, may include requirements for securing the electronic monitoring of the person's whereabouts during the curfew periods specified in the condition.
A court or police officer may not impose a curfew condition which includes the requirements specified in subsection (2) unless the court or police officer —
has been notified by the Ministry or Portfolio responsible for electronic monitoring arrangements that such arrangements are available in the area in which the place or places proposed to be specified in the condition is situated; and
is satisfied that the necessary provision can be made under those arrangements.
Electronic monitoring arrangements made by the Ministry or Portfolio responsible for such arrangements may include entering into contracts with other persons for the electronic monitoring by them of the whereabouts of persons on bail.
A person who damages, destroys or tampers with any device used for or to facilitate his or any other person's electronic monitoring commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for one year.
Any document or information in relation to a person provided under electronic monitoring arrangements to which he is subject by the person responsible for such monitoring shall prima facie be admissible in any courts in the Islands.

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