Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015

Section 166 - Recognizance in respect of a child

Where in any case the defendant in respect of whom the court makes an order requiring that a recognizance be entered into is a child, the child shall not execute the recognizance but the court shall require a parent, legal guardian or other fit person, with or without sureties, to enter into a recognizance that the child shall do what is required under the court's order.

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