1118. Order to give security.__(1) If, upon such inquiry, it is proved that it is necessary for keeping the
peace or maintaining good behaviour, as the case may be, that the person in respect of whom the inquiry is
made should execute a bond, with or without sureties the Magistrate shall make an order accordingly :
Provided—
first, that no person shall be ordered to give security of a nature different from, or of an amount larger
than, or for a period longer than, that specified in the order made under section 112 ;
secondly, that the amount of every bond shall be fixed with due regard to the circumstances of the case
and shall not be excessive :
thirdly, that when the person in respect of whom the inquiry is made is a minor, the bond shall be
executed only by his sureties.
2119. Discharge of person informed against. If, on an inquiry under section 117, it is not proved that it
is necessary for keeping the peace or maintaining good behaviour, as the case may be, that the person in
respect of whom the inquiry is made, should execute a bond, the Magistrate shall make an entry on the
record to that effect, and if such person is in custody only for the purposes of the inquiry, shall release him,
or, if such person is not in custody, shall discharge him.
C.—Proceedings in all Cases subsequent to Order to furnish Security
2[120. Commencement of period for which security is required.__(1) If any person, in respect of
whom an order requiring security is made under section 106 or section 118, is, at the time such order is
made, sentenced to, or undergoing a sentence of, imprisonment the period for which such security is
required shall commence on the expiration of such sentence.
(2) In other cases such period shall commence on the date of such order unless the Magistrate, for
sufficient reason, fixes a later date.
2[121. Contents of bond. The bond to be executed by any such person shall bind him to keep the peace
or to be of good behaviour, as the case may be, and in the latter case the commission or attempt to commit,
or the abetment of, any offence punishable with imprisonment, wherever it may be committed, is a breach
of the bond.
3[122. Power to reject sureties.__(1) A Magistrate may refuse to accept any surety offered, or may
reject any surety previously accepted by him or his predecessor under this Chapter on the ground that such
surety is an unfit person for the purposes of the bond :
Provided that, before so refusing to accept or rejecting any such surety, he shall either himself hold an
inquiry on oath into the fitness of the surety, or cause such inquiry to be held and a report to be made
thereon by a Magistrate subordinate to him.
1 Ss. 112 to 121 and 123 to 126 and s. 514 apply to all cases requiring security for good behaviour under s. 6 of the Punjab Frontier Crossing Regulation, 1873 (7 of 1873).
2 Ss. 112 to 121 and 123 to 126 and s. 514 apply to all cases requiring security for good behaviour under s. 6 of the Punjab Frontier Crossing Regulation, 1873 (7 of 1873).
3 Subs. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amdt.) Act, 1923 (18 of 1923), s. 20, for the original section.
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