Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Prevention of Offences
45. Security for good behaviour from habitual offenders
Feedback & supportA court may require a person to show cause why the person should not be ordered to execute a bond for his or her good behaviour for a period not exceeding 2 years, if it appears to the court that —
court
“court” means the Court of Appeal, the General Division of the High Court, a Family Court, a Youth Court, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court (as the case may be) which exercises criminal jurisdiction;
the person habitually commits offences;
the person habitually associates with robbers, housebreakers, thieves, prostitutes or people who have no apparent means of subsistence; or
the person is so desperate or dangerous as to pose a risk to the community when at large.