At a bail hearing a judicial justice or judge must decide whether it is necessary to keep you in jail, or whether you can be released, either with or without rules for your conduct (“conditions”). The judge or justice must follow the law set out in section 515 of the Criminal Code<p><span lang="EN-US">Criminal Code of Canada (CCC)</span><span lang="EN-US"> is the federal law that applies across Canada and sets out criminal offences, sentences and how a criminal case proceeds. A judge must follow the law in the </span><span lang="EN-US">Criminal Code</span><span lang="EN-US">.</span><span>&nbsp;</span></p>. 

In most cases, people charged with criminal offences have the right to be released unless the Crown counsel<p>Independent lawyers with the federal or provincial prosecution service. Crown counsel do not represent the government, police or victim of crime. Rather, they perform their function on behalf of the public. Crown counsel may also be referred to as Crown, Crown prosecutors or prosecutors.</p> establishes that they should be kept in jail until their trial. This reflects the presumption that an accused person is innocent until they are proven guilty. Also, section 11(e) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees that any person charged with an offence is not to be denied reasonable bail without just cause. 

The Criminal Code<p><span lang="EN-US">Criminal Code of Canada (CCC)</span><span lang="EN-US"> is the federal law that applies across Canada and sets out criminal offences, sentences and how a criminal case proceeds. A judge must follow the law in the </span><span lang="EN-US">Criminal Code</span><span lang="EN-US">.</span><span>&nbsp;</span></p> and interpretations of it by the Supreme Court of Canada say that priority must be given to the release of accused persons at the earliest reasonable opportunity and on the least onerous (difficult) conditions appropriate. 

When deciding whether detention or conditions are required, judges and judicial justices will:  

• Look at the chance that you will not show up for your next court date  

• Consider whether you are likely to commit further crimes if you are released or if you are dangerous to the public  

• Not give you bail in some cases if they believe that granting it would cause people to lose faith in the administration of justice 

Bail<p><span lang="EN-US">An order made by a judicial justice or a judge releasing an accused person from jail until their trial and requiring them to obey certain conditions (rules) and return to court on a specific date. The legal term for bail is “judicial interim release”.</span><span>&nbsp;</span></p> conditions 

If the Crown counsel<p>Independent lawyers with the federal or provincial prosecution service. Crown counsel do not represent the government, police or victim of crime. Rather, they perform their function on behalf of the public. Crown counsel may also be referred to as Crown, Crown prosecutors or prosecutors.</p> does not establish that you should be kept in jail until your trial, you must be released on a bail order called a “release order”, until your next court date. 

Conditions (rules) may only be added to the release order if the Crown counsel<p>Independent lawyers with the federal or provincial prosecution service. Crown counsel do not represent the government, police or victim of crime. Rather, they perform their function on behalf of the public. Crown counsel may also be referred to as Crown, Crown prosecutors or prosecutors.</p> shows they are justified and why any less onerous form of release would be inadequate. A bail order might: 

• Require you to promise to pay a certain amount of money 

• Require someone to deposit money with the court (post bail)

• Require someone to sign as a surety (a person who guarantees your good behaviour) and pay the amount set as bail if you fail to attend court or disobey the bail order

• Require you to obey rules like a curfew, a restriction on areas you can enter or who you can contact, or where you must live, such as at a substance abuse treatment centre 

The Criminal Code<p><span lang="EN-US">Criminal Code of Canada (CCC)</span><span lang="EN-US"> is the federal law that applies across Canada and sets out criminal offences, sentences and how a criminal case proceeds. A judge must follow the law in the </span><span lang="EN-US">Criminal Code</span><span lang="EN-US">.</span><span>&nbsp;</span></p> also requires that a judge or justice must give particular attention to the circumstances of Aboriginal accused persons and accused who belong to a vulnerable population that is overrepresented in the criminal justice system and that is disadvantaged in obtaining release.