Section 112AF — Family Law Act 1975: Bonds

(1) This section provides for bonds that a court may require a person to enter into under paragraph 112AD(2)(a). (2) A bond is to be for a specified period of up to 2 years. (3) A bond may be: (a) with or without surety; and (b) with or without security. (4) The conditions that may be imposed on a person by a bond include a condition requiring the person to be of good behaviour. (5) If a court proposes to require a person to enter into a bond, it must, before making the requirement, explain to the person, in language likely to be readily understood by the person: (a) the purpose and effect of the proposed requirement; and (b) the consequences that may follow if the person fails: (i) to enter into the bond; or (ii) having entered into the bond—to act in accordance with the bond.