Section 128. Security for good behaviour from suspected persons
When an Executive Magistrate receives
information that there is within his local jurisdiction a person taking precautions to conceal his presence
and that there is reason to believe that he is doing so with a view to committing a cognizable offence, the
Magistrate may, in the manner hereinafter provided, require such person to show cause why he should not
be ordered to execute a bond or bail bond for his good behaviour for such period, not exceeding one year,
as the Magistrate thinks fit.
information that there is within his local jurisdiction a person taking precautions to conceal his presence
and that there is reason to believe that he is doing so with a view to committing a cognizable offence, the
Magistrate may, in the manner hereinafter provided, require such person to show cause why he should not
be ordered to execute a bond or bail bond for his good behaviour for such period, not exceeding one year,
as the Magistrate thinks fit.