Amount of bail

(1) The amount of bail to be taken in any case shall be in the discretion of the magistrate, or of the court or the judge, by whom the order for the taking of the bail is made, but no accused person shall be required to give excessive bail. (2) The magistrate, or the court, or the judge, may accept a deposit of money from or on account of any person in lieu of a surety or sureties, and on any breach of the condition of his recognisance that deposit shall be forfeited and shall be dealt with in the same manner as sums of money recovered in respect of forfeited (3) If an accused person who is admitted to bail is an infant, the recognisance of bail shall be taken only from the surety or sureties. Division 1 55 Mode of Trial, Preliminary Procedure, Indictment and Attendance of Witnesses