Hong Kong Regulations

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RULES - RULE 6

Power of release on bail

(1) A judge may, on the application of a person arrested under a
power of arrest, order that person to be admitted to bail and the recognizance
of bail may be taken before the judge or, if the order so directs, before any
magistrate. (47 of 1997 s. 10)

(2) A judge may on admitting a person to bail under paragraph (1) order that
such sum of money as the judge may specify be deposited with the court by the
person arrested, as a condition of admission to bail.

(3) If a person admitted to bail does not appear at the time and place
required by the judge, the judge may order any sum deposited pursuant to an
order under paragraph (2) to be forfeited. (Enacted 1986)