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221 PDFTitle:CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ORDINANCEGazette Number:
Section:9EHeading:Relief from obligation as suretyVersion Date:30/06/1997

(1) If on application made to it by a surety from whom a recognizance of bail has been taken a court is satisfied that the surety has reasonable cause to believe that the person for whom he is surety will not surrender to custody as shall have been appointed by the court, the court may order that he be relieved of his obligations as a surety.
(2) On the making of an order under subsection (1), the court shall issue a warrant for the arrest of the person for whom the surety was provided.

(Added 56 of 1994 s. 2)