Bailing accused person on committal for trial

(1) If an accused person who is committed for trial is admitted to bail, the recognisance of bail shall be taken in writing, either from the accused person and one or more surety or sureties, or from the accused person alone, in the discretion of the magistrate, according to the nature and circumstances of the case, and shall be signed by the accused person and his surety or sureties, if any. (2) The condition of the recognisance shall be that the accused person shall personally appear before the Supreme Court at its next practicable sitting, which shall be specified, to be held in Belize City, Corozal Town, Dangriga, or elsewhere, as the case may be, there and then, or at any time within twelve months from the date of the recognisance, to answer to any indictment that may be filed against him in the said court for any crime wherewith he may be charged by the Director of Public Prosecutions, and that he will not depart from the said court without leave of the court, and that he will accept service of the indictment at the prison to which he would have been committed to await his trial if he had not been admitted to bail.