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.
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