Whats going to be the process of my RECOGNISANCE?

Question

ON 12 November 2007 the Court convicted the offender and instead of being punished to which the offender was liable, the Court ordered that the offender be released upon the offender entering into a recognisance, the offender in the amount of $0.00, conditioned that the offender must:

The conditions are that I must
(1) appear before the court to be sentenced at a future sittings of the court or if called on within the a period of 12 months and must in the meantime
(2) keep the peace and be of good behavior

will they like ring me to set another court day or something?

Answer 1

Not if you keep your nose clean, no.

What you got is called being "bound over to keep the peace."

If you keep the peace, and are of good behavior, then at the end of the 12 months the case just goes away. (Not a bad idea at that point though to call the court clerk for a case status update and make sure it HAS done.)

If you step out of line during the 12 months, you'll be called back to court and sentenced for your current offence, as well as for whatever the new one is.

Richard