HL Deb 22 April 1971 vol 317 cc823-4

[No. 4] Clause 13, page 10, line 9, leave out from "person" to end of line and insert—

  1. "(a) who has been committed in custody for appearance before the Crown Court, or
  2. (b) who is in custody pursuant to a sentence imposed by a magistrates' court, and who has appealed to the Crown Court against his conviction or sentence, or
  3. (c) who is in the custody of the Crown Court pending the disposal of his case by the Crown Court, or
  4. (d) who, after the decision of his case by the Crown Court, has applied to the Crown Court for the statement of a case for the High Court on that decision, or
  5. (e) who has applied to the High Court for an order of certiorari to remove proceedings in the Crown Court in his case into the High Court, or has applied to the High Court for leave to make such an application,
and the time during which a person is admitted to bail under any provision of this subsection shall not count as part of any term of imprisonment or detention under his sentence.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR

My Lords, I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 4. This again is really no more than technical. It is intended to clarify the power of the Crown Court to grant bail. It makes clear that that Court can grant bail to persons awaiting trial, or sentence, or waiting for their appeals to be heard.

Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendment.—(The Lord Chancellor.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.