56. Whenever a Magistrate receives information-
| (a) that any person is likely to commit within his jurisdiction a breach of the peace or a disturbance of the public tranquility or do any wrongful act that may probably occasion a breach of the peace or disturbance of the public tranquility; or |
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| (b) that there is within his jurisdiction a person who is likely to commit a breach of the peace or disturbance of the public tranquility or do any wrongful act as aforesaid in any place beyond his jurisdiction; or |
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| (c) that within his jurisdiction any person is taking precautions to conceal his presence and that there is reason to believe that such person is taking such precautions with a view to committing an office; or |
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| (d) that within his jurisdiction there is a person who has no ostensible means of subsistence or who cannot give a satisfactory account of himself; or |
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| (e) that any person living within his jurisdiction is a habitual offender, |
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the Magistrate may require such person to show cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond for keeping the peace or for his good behaviour for such period not exceeding eighteen months as the Magistrate thinks fit to fix. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts