Schedule 5 of the Criminal Procedure Act

A bail statement contains reasons why the State is not opposing bail and avoids the need for the investigating officer to testify viva voce in court.

“Schedule 5 ... The accused to be released on bail has to bring an application and satisfy the court... the state, to avoid the investigating officer to testify viva voce in court, he then compiles an affidavit setting out... the reasons why we are not opposing”