22.—(1) Where the District Court remands a person or sends him forward for trial or sentence, the Court may—

(a) commit him to prison or other lawful custody, or

(b) release him conditionally on his entering into a recognisance, with or without sureties.

In this Part, references to “custody” are to a committal under paragraph (a) and references to “bail” are to a conditional release under paragraph (b).

F57[(1A) The Court may admit a person to bail without imposing a condition in the recognisance as to payment of moneys into court by the person if it considers it appropriate to do so, having regard to the circumstances of the case, including the means of the person and the nature of the offence in relation to which the person is in custody.]

F58[(1B) A recognisance to which subsection (1) applies may be taken by—

(a) any judge of the District Court, or

(b) any District Court clerk.]

F59[(2) The Court may, instead of taking a recognisance from a person in accordance with subsection (1)—

(a) determine the conditions to be contained in the recognisance, including the amount of any moneys to be paid into court under it, with a view to its being subsequently taken, and

(b) in the meantime commit the person concerned to custody in accordance with paragraph (a) of that subsection. ]

F60[(3) A recognisance to which subsection (2) applies may be taken by—

(a) any judge of the District Court,

(b) any District Court clerk,

(c) a peace commissioner designated for that purpose by order of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform,

(d) the governor of a prison, or

(e) a prison officer designated for that purpose by the governor of a prison.]

(4) Where a person is brought before the Court after remand under subsection (1) the Court may further remand him.

F61[(5) In this section ‘prison’ has the same meaning as it has in the Prisons Act 2007.]