Section 72
Security for keeping peace in other cases
Whenever it appears to a Magistrate that any person is likely to commit a breach of the peace or to do any wrongful act that may probably occasion a breach of the peace, 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 or without sureties, for keeping the peace for such period not exceeding one year as the Magistrate thinks fit to fix.
Security for good behaviour from suspected persons, vagrants and persons, disseminating seditious matter 73.
Whenever it appears to a Magistrate that -
(a)
any person is behaving in a suspicious manner and that there is reason to believe such person is behaving in such manner with a view to committing an offence;
(b)
any person has no ostensible means of subsistence or cannot give a satisfactory account of himself;
(c)
any person either orally or in writing disseminates or attempts to disseminate or in any way abets the dissemination of -
(i)
any seditious matter, that is, any matter the publication of which is punishable under the
Sedition Act (Chapter 24); or
(ii)
any matter concerning a public servant which amounts to criminal intimidation or defamation under the Penal Code (Chapter 22); or
(d)
any person has in his possession or custody any instrument which may be used for housebreaking or is armed with any lethal weapon and is unable to explain satisfactorily his movements or to account for the possession or custody of the housebreaking instruments or lethal weapon, such 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 behaiiour for such period not exceeding one year as the
Magistrate thinks fit to fix.
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Security for good behaviour from habitual offenders 74.
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.
Summons or warrant if required 75.
(1)
When a Magistrate acting under section 72,73 or 74 deems it necessary to require any person to show cause under such section, he shall, if such person has not been arrested without warrant and brought before the
Court for the purpose of the inquiry mentioned in section 77, issue a summons requiring him to appear and show cause or, when such person is in custody but not present in Court, a warrant directing the officer in whose custody he is to produce him before the Court.
(2)
Whenever it appears to the Magistrate upon the report of a police officer or upon other information, the substance of which report or information shall be recorded by the Magistrate, that there is reason to fear the commission of a breach of the peace and that such breach of the peace cannot be prevented otherwise than by the immediate arrest of such person, the Magistrate may at any time issue a warrant for his arrest.
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Form of summons or warrant 76.
Every summons or warrant issued under section 75 shall contain a brief statement of the substance of the information on which the summons or warrant was issued, and shall state the amount of the bond to be executed, the term for which it is to be in force and the number, character and class of sureties, if any, required.
Inquiry to be held
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