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(5) When a person appears or is brought before a court in
pursuance of an order as aforesaid, the magistrate shall inquire
into the truth of the information as far as is practicable in the
manner prescribed for summary trials, except that no charge need
be framed.
(6)
If the magistrate is satisfied that it is necessary for
the maintenance of the peace or of good behaviour, as the case may
be, that the person named in the order should execute a bond with
or without sureties, he shall make an order accordingly.
(7) If the magistrate is satisfied that it is not necessary
to execute a bond, the person named in the order shall be discharged
from the inquiry.
(8) A bond executed by a person to keep the peace or be of
good behaviour, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be broken
by the commission of any offence punishable with imprisonment.
(9) A magistrate may, in his discretion, refuse to accept
any person offered as surety for good behaviour.
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(10) If any person ordered to give security does not give
such security on or before the date of the commencement of such
security, he shall be committed to prison until the expiration of
such term as the magistrate may direct or until he shall furnish
such security to the magistrate who made the order:
Provided that the period of imprisonment for failure to
give security shall not exceed the period for which security is
ordered to be given.
(11) Any person so imprisoned may be released by an order
made by a magistrate if such magistrate considers he may be
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