109. Security for good behaviour from vagrants and suspected persons. Whenever a 1* *
2[Magistrate of the First Class] receive information__
(a) that any person is taking precautions to conceal his presence within the local limits of such
Magistrate's jurisdiction, and that there is reason to believe that such person is taking such
precautions with a view to committing any offence, or
(b) that there is within such limits a person who has no ostensible means of subsistence, or who
cannot give a satisfactory account of himself,
such Magistrate may, in manner hereinafter provided, 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 3[three
years] as the Magistrate thinks fit to fix.
110. Security for good behaviour from habitual offenders. Whenever a 1* *, 2[Magistrate of the first
class] receives information that any person within the local limits of his jurisdiction—
(a) is by habit a robber, housebreaker, 4* thief, 5[or forger], or
(b) is by habit a receiver of stolen property knowing the same to have been stolen, or
(c) habitually protects or harbours thieves or aids, in the concealment or disposal of stolen property,
or
6[(d) habitually commits, or attempts to commit, or abets the commission of, the offence of
kidnapping, abduction, extortion, cheating or mischief, or any offence punishable under Chapter
XII of the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860), or under section 489A, section 489B, section
489C or section 489D of that Code, or]
(e) habitually commits, or attempts to commit, or abets the commissions of, offences involving a
breach of the peace, or
(f) is so desperate and dangerous as to render his being at large without security hazardous to the
community,
1 The words “Presidency Magistrate” omitted by A.O., 1949, Sch.
2 Subs. by Ord. 37 of 2001, s. 30 (w.e.f. 1482001)
3 Subs. by Ord. 12 of 1972, s. 2 and Sch.
4 The word “or” rep. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amdt.) Act, 1923 (18 of 1923), s.18.
5 Ins. ibid.
6 Subs. ibid., for the original clause (d).
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