132. A court may in any case in which it is empowered to issue a summons for the appearance of any person other than a juror issue, after recording its reasons in writing, a warrant for his arrest-
| (a) if either before the issue of summons or after the issue of the same but before the time fixed for his appearance the court sees reason to believe that he has absconded or will not obey the summons; or |
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| (b) if at the time he is required to attend court, he fails to appear and the summons is proved to have been duly served in time to enable him to appear in accordance therewith and no reasonable excuse is offered for such failure. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts