Section 10 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 applies, so far as may be, the criminal procedure…
Section 10 lists provisions of the criminal procedure code on sureties (formerly s.122 and others of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, s.122 being "Power to reject…
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Section 10 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 applies, so far as may be, the criminal procedure provisions on sureties to bonds and sureties given under the Act. One of these is the power of a Magistrate to refuse to accept, or to reject, a surety. In the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, this power is contained in:
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Section 10 lists provisions of the criminal procedure code on sureties (formerly s.122 and others of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, s.122 being "Power to reject sureties"); under s.8 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 they are now read as the corresponding provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. The power to refuse to accept, or to reject, a surety as unfit, after an inquiry into the surety's fitness, is in s.140 of the BNSS. Section 126 deals with security for keeping the peace in other cases, s.130 with the order setting out the information and the bond required, and s.136 with the order to give security after inquiry.