THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1898
(V OF 1898)
[22nd March, 1898]
An Act to consolidate and amend the law
relating to the Criminal Procedure
109. Security for good behaviour from vagrants and
suspected persons. Whenever [1][Magistrate
of the first class receives] 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 [2][three
years], as the Magistrate thinks fit to fix.