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(which is not what the section says).
Sub-section (6) is the
provision which empowers the magistrate to make an order for execution of a bond, but here there seems to be no requirement that the order should be in the same terms as the order originally "made" (?"proposed") although sub-section (1) refers to "the amount of the bond to be executed". We think the magistrate should be required to specify the date for commencement of any security
or der ed.
Sub-section (8) does not appear to be limited to a
bond pursuant to the provisions of this section and is probably
wider than was intended by the draftsman.
In sub-section (10) it should be expressly provided
that when a person who has been committed to prison in default of security subsequently furnishes the security ordered he shall
be forthwith released.
In sub-section (12) it is by no means clear what "imprisonment accordingly" would be. We conjecture that it refers to such imprisonment as could be ordered under sub-section (10) but if that be correct we suggest the Ordinance should say so.
The section needs amendment to clarify the procedure,
with due attention to the nature of the proceedings as set forth
in the preceding section.
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Sub-section (1)(d) gives the police a general power
to seize anything, whether or not there are reasonable grounds for suspecting it to have evidential value. We see no justifica- tion for omitting the usual requirement that such reasonable grounds should be a condition precedent for the exercise of the
power of seizure.
In sub-section (3)(a) the words "or engaged in any
unlawful purpose" give the police power to enter and search for purposes quite unconnected with the objects of this Ordinance:
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