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Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Prevention of Offences
55. Power to release person imprisoned for failing to give security
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Last amended by an amending law of 2019.
(1)
When a court decides that a person imprisoned for failing to give security under this Part may be released without danger to the community or to another person, the court may order that person to be released.
court
Defined · s 2
“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;
(2)
A court other than the General Division of the High Court must not exercise this power except in cases where the imprisonment is under its own order or that of a similar court.