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| (1) Where any court is required or empowered to determine the amount of a bond to be executed by any person, it shall do so with due regard to the nature of the offence and the punishment prescribed therefor by law and to the means of the person by whom it is to be executed. |
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| (2) The amount to be fixed under this section shah not be excessive having regard to the circumstances of the case. |
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| (3) Where a person has not been released by reason that a bond for the amount fixed by court has not been executed whether by himself or by a surety, the court may at any time while he is in custody reduce the amount so fixed. |
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| (4) When any person is required to execute a bond, the court may, except in the case of a bond for good behaviour, permit such person to deposit a sum of money to the credit of the court at an appropriate bank in lieu of executing such bond. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts