(2) The conditions of the recognizance shall be that the prisoner—
(a) in the case of a prisoner who is undergoing a preparatory examination and is admitted to
bail before such preparatory examination is concluded, shall appear at a time and place to
be specified in writing and as often as may be necessary thereafter and undergo
examination or further examination until the conclusion of such preparatory examination:
Provided that the conditions of the recognizance may include all or any of the conditions
specified in paragraph (b);
(b) in the case of a prisoner who has been committed for trial or sentence, shall—
(i) appear and undergo any further examination which the magistrate or the AttorneyGeneral may consider desirable; and
(ii) answer to any indictment that may be presented or charge that may be made
against him in any competent court for the offence with which he is charged at any
time; and
(iii) attend during the hearing of the case and to receive sentence; and
(iv) accept service of any summons to undergo further examination and of any such
indictment or charge, notice of trial and summons thereon and any other notice
under this Act at some certain and convenient place within Zimbabwe chosen by
him and stated therein;
(c) in the case of a prisoner whose case has been adjourned in terms of subsection (2) of
section 54 of the Magistrates Court Act [Chapter 7:10], shall appear in any competent
court at any time to receive sentence in that case and that he will accept service of any
notice in respect thereof at some certain and convenient place within Zimbabwe chosen by
him and stated therein;
(d) in the case of a prisoner whose case has been adjourned in terms of subsection (1) of
section 55 of the Magistrates Court Act [Chapter 7:10] or in respect of whom an order has
been made in terms of subsection (5) of section three hundred and fifty-eight, shall appear
in the High Court or a magistrates court, as the case may be, on the date and at the place to
be notified to him by the registrar of the High Court or the clerk of the magistrates court, as
the case may be, to show cause why the sentence postponed or suspended should not be
imposed or brought into operation and that he will accept service
of any notice
in respect thereof at some certain and convenient place within Zimbabwe chosen by him
and stated therein;
(e) in the case of a prisoner, other than a prisoner mentioned in paragraph (c), admitted to bail
when a criminal case before a magistrate is adjourned or postponed and the prisoner is
remanded, shall appear at a time and place to be specified in writing and as often as may be
necessary thereafter until final judgment in his case has been given to answer the charge of
the offence alleged against him or the charge of any other offence which may appear to the
Attorney-General or the local public prosecutor to have been committed by the accused.
(3) The judge or magistrate referred to in subsection (1) may require to be added to the
recognizance any condition which he may think necessary or advisable in the interests of justice as
to—
(a) the surrender by the accused of his passport; or
(b) the times and place at which, and the persons to whom, the accused shall personally
present himself; or
(c) the places where the accused is forbidden to go; or
(d) the prohibition against communication by the accused with witnesses for the prosecution;
or
(e) any other matter relating to the accused’s conduct.
(4) The recognizance taken in respect of a prisoner mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (2)
shall continue in force notwithstanding that for any reason, when the trial takes place, no verdict is
then given, unless the indictment or charge is withdrawn.