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Code Of Criminal Procedure Act (No. 15 of 1979) - Sect 92

Commitment to prison for default in giving security

92.
(1) If any person ordered to give security under the preceding sections of this Chapter does not give such security on or before the date on which the period for which such security is to be given commences, he shall be committed to prison to undergo the term of imprisonment imposed under section 89, or, if he is already in prison, be detained in prison until such term expires, or until, before the expiration of such term, he gives the security to the court which made the order requiring it, or to the superintendent or jailer of the prison in which he is detained.
(2) Imprisonment for failure to give security for keeping the peace shall be simple.
(3) Imprisonment for failure to give security for good behaviour may be rigorous or simple as the court in each case directs.


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