Art. 574 Bail. — CRIMINAL CODE

(1) Any person charged or accused who is in custody for

any crime or contravention may, on application or as provided in

article 574A, be granted temporary release from custody, upon

giving sufficient security to appear at the proceedings at the

appointed time and place under such conditions as the court may

consider proper to impose in the decree granting bail which decree

shall in each case be served on the person charged or accused

Provided that the Minister responsible for justice may by

regulations provide for any systems of bail management whether

electronic or otherwise, and for procedures, formalities or modalities

which are to apply in order to ensure that the person charged or

accused abides by the conditions imposed upon him by the court when

release from custody on bail of the person charged or accused is

granted subject to the condition that the person charged or accused

attends at a place on specified days and times. Such regulations may

also provide for the taking and use of fingerprints, and the processing

of any data derived from such fingerprints by electronic means.

(2) It shall also be lawful for the President of Malta, in special

cases, to grant temporary release to any accused person who is in

custody for any crime or contravention, subject to such conditions

as the President of Malta may think fit to impose. In default of

observance by the accused of any of such conditions he shall be

liable to be re-arrested forthwith.

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