Criminal Procedure Code · s 74

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s 74Security for good behaviour from habitual offenders

Whenever it appears to a Magistrate that any person -

(a)

is a habitual robber, housebreaker or thief, or a habitual receiver of stolen property knowing the property to have been stolen;

(8)

habitually commits extortion or, in order to the committing of extortion, habitually puts or attempts to put persons in fear of injury;

(c)

is a habitual protector or harbourer of thieves;

(d)

is a habitual aider in the concealment or disposal of stolen property; or

(e)

is a notorious bad liver or is a dangerous character, the Magistrate may, in such manner as provided in section 75, require such person to show cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond with sureties for his good behaviour for such period not exceeding one year as such Magistrate thinks fit to fix.