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EXTRAORDINARY OFFICIAL GAZETTE THE BAHAMAS PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NASSAU 5" November, 2014 BAIL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2014 Arrangement of Sections Section I.

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Short title ................................................................................................................ 2 Amendment of Section 4 of Ch.

I 03 ..................................................................... 2 Amendment of First Schedule to Ch.
103 .............................................................. 2 Amendment of Second Schedule to Ch.

I 03 ......................................................... 2 OBJECTS AND REASONS 3 No.

45 of 2014 BAIL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2014 AN ACT TO AMEND THE BAIL ACT.

[Date of Assent - 5th November, 20 14] Enacted by the Parliament of The Bahamas 1.

Short title.

This Act which amends the Bail Act (Ch.

103), may be cited as the Bail (Amendment) Act, 2014.

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Amendment of Section 4 of Ch.

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Section 4 of the principal Act is amended by- ( a) (b) the deletion of paragraph (b) of subsection (2); and the insertion immediately after subsection (5) of the following as subsection (6}- "(6) At the hearing of an application for bail, it shall be the burden of the applicant to satisfy the court that bail should be granted.".

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Amendment of First Schedule to Ch.

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TI1e First Schedule to the principal Act is amended by the addition thereto of the following factors-- "(h) in the case of violence allegedly committed upon another by the defendant, the court's paramount consideration is the need to protect the alleged victim.".

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Amendment of Second Schedule to Ch.

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The Form set out ln the Second Schedule to the principal Act is amended by the addition of the following paragraph-- Page -2 "(e) that I am not cunently a surety in any other pmceedings in the courts of The Bahamas.".

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