court; and if any person arrested or detained as mentioned in paragraph (b) is not
tried within a reasonable time, then, without prejudice to any further proceedings
that may be brought against him, he shall be released either unconditionally or
upon reasonable conditions, including, in particular, such conditions as are
reasonably necessary to ensure that he appears at a later date for trial or for
proceedings preliminary to trial; and if any person arrested or detained as
mentioned in paragraph (c) is not brought before a court within a reasonable time in
order that the court may decide whether to order him to give security for his good
behaviour, then, without prejudice to any further proceedings that may be brought
against him, he shall be released unconditionally.
(3A)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (3), where a person is arrested or detained for an
offence related to terrorism or a drug offence, he shall not, in relation to such
offences related to terrorism, or drug offences, as may be prescribed by an Act
of Parliament, be admitted to bail until the final determination of the proceedings
brought against him, where (i)
he has already been convicted of an offence related to terrorism or a
drug offence; or
(ii)
he is arrested or detained for an offence related to terrorism or a
drug offence during the period that he has been released on bail
after he has been charged with having committed an offence related
to terrorism or a drug offence.
(b) A Bill for an Act of Parliament to prescribe the offences related to terrorism or drug
offences under paragraph (a) or to amend or repeal such an Act shall not be
passed by the Assembly unless it is supported at the final voting in the
Assembly by the votes of not less than three quarters of all the members of the
Assembly.
Amended by [Act No. 26 of 1994]; [Act No. 4 of 2002]
(4)
Where a person is detained in pursuance of any such provision of law as is referred
to in subsection (1)(k) (a)
he shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable and, in any case not more
than 7 days after the commencement of his detention, be furnished with a
statement in writing in a language that he understands specifying in detail
the grounds upon which he is detained;
(b)
not more than 7 days after the commencement of his detention, a
notification shall be published in the Gazette stating that he has been
detained and giving particulars of the provision of law under which his
detention is authorised;
(c)
not more than 14 days after the commencement of his detention and
thereafter during his detention at intervals of not more than 30 days, his
case shall be reviewed by an independent and impartial tribunal consisting
of a chairman and 2 other members appointed by the Judicial and Legal