Section 171: Release on execution of recognizance

(1) As soon as recognizance has been entered into in accordance with the provisions of section 164 of this Act or money or other security deposited in the registry of the court-
(a) the defendant for whose appearance it has been executed shall be released; and
(b) where he is in prison or police station or other place of detention, the court admitting him to bail shall immediately issue a written order of release to the official in charge of the prison or such other place of detention and the official on receipt of the order shall immediately release him.
(2) The release order or any process in relation to it may be served in accordance with the relevant law regulating service of processes in the court, or by such person or courier company as the Chief Judge may authorize to serve criminal processes of the court.
(3) Nothing in this section or in any other section relating to bail is deemed to require the release of a defendant liable to be detained for some matter other than that in respect of which the recognizance was entered into or to which the bail relates.