Queensland Consolidated Acts

JUSTICES ACT 1886 - SECT 94

(1) If justices have fixed the amount in which the principal and any sureties are to be bound by a recognisance, the recognisance need not be entered into before the same justices, but may be entered into before—

(a) another justice; or

(b) a clerk of the court; or

(c) an inspector of police or another police officer who is of a higher rank; or

(d) another police officer who is in charge of a police station; or

(e) if a party is in a corrective services facility—the chief executive (corrective services).

(2) The recognisance has effect as if it had been entered into before the justices.

(3) If it is inconvenient for a surety to enter into the recognisance at the same time as the principal, the recognisance of the surety may be taken by any person authorised to take the recognisance of the principal and any other sureties, even though the person does not take the recognisance of the principal or other sureties.