After a person has been charged, he must ordinarily be released, on bail or without bail. Unless the accused has a previous conviction (or equivalents in cases of insanity) for certain specified homicide or sexual offences,the accused must be released either on bail or without bail unless:
(a) If the person arrested is not an arrested juvenile
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(i) His name or address cannot be ascertained or the custody officer has reasonable grounds for doubting whether a name or address furnished by him as his name or address is his real name or address;
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(ii) The custody officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the person arrested will fail to appear in court to answer to bail;
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(iii) In the case of a person arrested for an imprisonable offence, the custody officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the detention of the person arrested is necessary to prevent him from committing an offence;
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(iiia) In the case of a person who has attained the age of 18, the custody officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the detention of the person is necessary to enable a sample to be taken from him under section 63B below]
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(iv) In the case of a person arrested for an offence that is not an imprisonable offence, the custody officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the detention of the person arrested is necessary to prevent him from causing physical injury to any other person or from causing loss of or damage to property;
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(v) The custody officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the detention of the person arrested is necessary to prevent him from interfering with the administration of justice or with the investigation of offences or of a particular offence
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(vi) The custody officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the detention of the person arrested is necessary for his own protection
(b) If he is an arrested juvenile,
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(i) Any of the requirements of paragraph (a) above is satisfied
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(ii) The custody officer has reasonable grounds for believing that he ought to be detained in his own interests
If he is granted bail it will be bail to appear at a Magistrates' Court at the next available sitting.
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