Queensland Consolidated Acts

BAIL ACT 1980 - SECT 34

34 Effect of apprehension on another charge of defendant on bail

(1) The apprehension of a defendant who has been released on bail to appear before a court on another charge shall not vacate the undertaking to which the bail relates and that undertaking shall continue to bind the defendant and the defendant’s surety or sureties (if any) until the defendant is discharged or sentenced in respect of the offence to which the bail relates.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) , the court may commit to prison a defendant on bail who is arrested on another charge or may grant bail to the defendant.

(3) Where a defendant who has been released on bail to appear for trial is committed to prison pursuant to subsection (2) , the sureties (if any) for the defendant’s appearance are, without other authority than this subsection, discharged from liability in respect of the bail while the defendant remains in prison.