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| (1) All or any sureties for the attendance and appearance of a person released on bail may at any time apply to the court to discharge the bond either wholly or so far as it relates to the applicant or applicants. |
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| (2) On such application being made the court shall issue a warrant of arrest directing that the person so released be brought before it, |
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| (3) On the appearance of such person pursuant to the warrant or on his voluntary surrender, the court shall direct the bond to be discharged either wholly or so far as it relates to the applicant or applicants and shall call upon such person to find other sufficient sureties, and if he fails to do so may commit him to custody. |
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| (4) A surety may at any time arrest the person for whose attendance and appearance he is a surety where such person is absconding and forthwith bring him before the court, which shall thereupon discharge such surety's bond and shall call upon such person to find another sufficient surety, and if he fails to do so shall commit him to custody. |
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| (5) If the court is satisfied that the surety is a person who habitually stands surety for persons on whom bail is ordered and that the application to have himself discharged is without adequate cause, it shall be lawful for the court to impose a fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred rupees on such surety and in default of payment, to commit him to prison for a period not exceeding six months' simple imprisonment. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts