Section 47ZM Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

Section 47ZM of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is about Applicable bail period: special cases of release on bail under section 30A and periods in hospital. It provides as follows:

(1)Subsections (2) and (3) apply where a person was released on bail under section 30A.

(2)The period of 3 months mentioned in section 30B(8) in relation to the person is to be treated as being the period of 3 months mentioned in section 47ZB(1)(b) in relation to the person.

(3)Any reference to the relevant offence, in relation to the person, is to be read as a reference to the offence in respect of which the power in section 30A(1) was exercised.

(4)Subsection (5) applies if, at any time on the day on which the applicable bail period in relation to a person would end, the person is in hospital as an in-patient.

(5)The running of the applicable bail period in relation to the person is to be treated as having been suspended for any day on which the patient was in hospital as an in-patient.

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