CORRUPT PRACTICES AND OTHER RELATED OFFENCES ACT
Section 42: Bail of offenders and release of property.
(1) Every offence under this Act shall be a bailable offence for the purpose of the Criminal Procedure Act or Code.
(2) Every person arrested under subsection (1) may be released from custody on his executing a bond with sureties, as an officer of the Commission may require.
(3) Any person who has been released from custody under subsection (2) may be re-arrested without warrant by an officer of the Commission-
(a) if such officer has reasonable grounds for believing that any condition on or subject to which such person was released or otherwise admitted to bail has been; or
(b) on being notified in writing by the surety or sureties of such person that such person has broken or is likely to break any condition on or subject to which such person was released and that the surety wishes to be relieved of his obligation as surety.
(4) Any person arrested under subsection (3) who is not released on bail shall, without unreasonable delay, and in any case within twenty-four hours (excluding the time for any necessary journey) be produced before the Court and if it appears to the Court that any condition on or subject to which such person was released or otherwise admitted to bail has been or is likely to be broken, the court may-
(a) remand such person in custody; or
(b) admit such person to bail on the same conditions or on such other conditions as it thinks fit.
(5) Where a person who is arrested for an offence under this Act is serving a sentence of imprisonment or is in detention under any law relating to preventive detention, or is otherwise in lawful custody, he shall, upon an order in writing by an officer of the Commission be produced before such officer or before any other officer of the Commission for the purpose of investigation and for such purpose he may be kept in lawful custody for a period not exceeding fourteen days.
(6) A person who is detained in lawful custody under subsection (5) or otherwise under any other written law may, at any time, be made available to an officer of the Commission for the purpose of investigation, or may be taken to any other place for the purpose of searching the place, or seizing any property, or identifying any person or for any other purpose related to the investigation.
(7) The period during which a person is under lawful custody under subsection (6) shall count towards the period of his imprisonment, detention or other custody.
Cite this section
Section 42, CORRUPT PRACTICES AND OTHER RELATED OFFENCES ACT (2000).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/corrupt-practices-and-other-related-offences-act/section/42/