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| (1) Where an offence being investigated by the police is a bailable offence, the officer-in-charge of the police station shall not be required to forward the suspect under its custody before the Magistrate having jurisdiction over such offence, but such officer shall not later than twenty-four hours of the suspect being taken into custody, release him on a written undertaking and order such suspect to appear before the Magistrate on a given date: |
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| (2) A suspect released by an officer-in-charge of a police station on a written undertaking given by such suspect under subsection (1), who fails to appear before the Magistrate on the given date, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall on conviction after summary trial, be punished with simple imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or with a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or with both such imprisonment and fine and the Magistrate shall in his discretion order the release of such suspect on bail subject to conditions as specified or remand him to custody, as the case may be, |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts