Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Chapter XIII
121. Police officer may require bond for appearance of complainant and witnesses
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
If upon a police investigation made under this Chapter it appears to the officer making such investigation that there is sufficient
a evidence or reasonable ground of suspicion to justify the commencement or continuance of criminal proceedings against any person, the officer may require the complainant, if any, and so many of the persons who appear to the officer to be acquainted with the circumstances of the case, as he thinks necessary, to execute a bond to appear before a Court therein named and give evidence in the matter of the charge against the accused.
If any complainant or witness refuses to execute such bond, a the officer shall report the refusal to the Court which may thereupon in its discretion issue a warrant or summons to secure the attendance of the complainant or witness before itself to give evidence in the matter of the charge against the accused.
Terms defined in s 2
police officer
Defined · s 2"police officer" means any member of the Royal Brunei Police Force, and includes a special police officer when mobilised or deemed to be mobilised for active service and any person vested under any written law with the powers of a police officer;
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