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| (1) A Magistrate's Court issuing a warrant for the arrest of any person may in the case of any nonbailable offence and shall in the case of a bailable offence direct by endorsement on the warrant that if such person executes a bond with sufficient sureties for his attendance before the court at a specified time and thereafter until otherwise directed by the court, the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall take such security and shall release such person from custody. |
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| (2) The endorsement shall state -
| | (a) the number of sureties ; | | |
| | (b) the amount in which they and the person for whose arrest the warrant is issued are to be respectively bound; | | |
| | (c) the day and the hour at which he is to attend before the court. | | |
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| (3) Whenever security is taken under this section the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall forward the bond to the court. |
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