Amendment to Order 20 - S.I. No. 565 of 2018: District Court (Bail) Rules 2018
1. (1) These Rules, which shall come into operation on the 9th day of January 2019, may be cited as the District Court (Bail) Rules 2018.
(2) These Rules shall be construed together with the District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997) and all other District Court Rules.
(3) The District Court Rules as amended by these Rules may be cited as the District Court Rules 1997 to 2018.
2. The District Court Rules 1997 (S.I. No. 93 of 1997) are amended by the insertion, immediately following rule 2 of Order 20, of the following rule:
“Arrest without warrant: section 6(10) of the Bail Act 1997
3.— A person who is arrested without a warrant in accordance with section 6(10) of the Bail Act 1997 shall, as soon as practicable, be brought before the Court that made the order directing that the recognisance be entered into.”