(1) If a person who has been arrested without a warrant by a Castries City Police under section 28 is brought to a police station and a magistrate is not sitting, the Castries City Police on duty at the police station may, unless he or she has good and sufficient reason to do otherwise, which reason must be recorded in the Station Diary, admit the person to bail by recognisance without sureties for an amount not exceeding two thousand dollars to appear before a magistrate at a time and place specified in the recognisance.
(2) The Castries City Police on duty shall enter in a book kept for that purpose the name, residence, and occupation of the person entering into the recognisance and of his or her sureties, if any, with the condition of the recognisance and the sums acknowledged and the book must be laid before the magistrate present at the time when and place where the person who entered into the recognisance is required to appear.
(3) If the person who entered into the recognisance does not appear at the time and place required or within one hour afterwards, the magistrate may, by endorsement on the recognisance, declare the same to be forfeited and may issue a warrant for the imprisonment of the person who entered into the recognisance for a term not exceeding 6 months unless the amount stated in the recognisance is paid.
(4) Whether the person who entered into the recognisance does or does not appear, the magistrate may, if he or she thinks fit, enlarge the recognisance to a further time as he or she appoints.
(5) In this section “Station Diary” means a set of records of day-to-day events that take place in the police station.