Criminal Procedure Code 61 Security for good behaviour from habitual offenders 69. Whenever it appears to a Magistrate that any person within the local limits of the jurisdiction of that Magistrate— (a) is a habitual robber, housebreaker or thief or a habitual receiver of stolen property knowing the same to have been stolen; (b) 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; (e) is a notorious bad liver or is a dangerous character; or (f) habitually consorts with robbers, housebreakers, thieves, prostitutes or persons who have no visible means of subsistence, the Magistrate may, in the manner hereinafter provided, require that person to show cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond with or without sureties for his good behaviour for such period not exceeding six months as the Magistrate thinks fit to fix. Summons or warrant if required 70. (1) When a Magistrate acting under section 67, 68, or 69 deems it necessary to require any person to show cause under the section he shall, if that person has not been arrested without warrant and brought before the Court for the purpose of the inquiry hereinafter mentioned, issue a summons requiring him to appear and show cause or when that 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.