CAP. 75 Criminal Procedure Code [Rev. 2012] 54. Discharge of person informed against If on an inquiry under section 52 it is not proved that it is necessary for keeping the peace or maintaining good behaviour that the person in respect of whom the inquiry is made should be subject to a restriction order or should execute a bond, the magistrate shall make an entry on the record to that effect, and, if the person is in custody only for the purposes of the inquiry, shall release him, or, if he is not in custody, shall discharge him. [Act No. 25 of 1971, Sch.] Proceedings in all Cases Subsequent to Order to Furnish Security 55. Commencement of period for which security is required (1) If a person in respect of whom an order is made under section 47 or section 53 is, at the time the order is made, sentenced to or undergoing a sentence of imprisonment, the period of such order shall commence on the expiration of the sentence. (2) In other cases the period shall commence on the date of the order unless the magistrate, for sufficient reason, fixes a later date. [Act No. 25 of 1971, Sch.] 56. Contents of bond The bond to be executed by a person shall bind him to keep the peace or to be of good behaviour, as the case may be, and in the latter case the commission or attempt to commit or the aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment, wherever it may be committed, shall be a breach of the bond. 57. Power to reject sureties A magistrate may refuse to accept a surety offered under any of the preceding sections of this Part on the ground that, for reasons to be recorded by the magistrate, the surety is an unfit person. 58. Procedure on failure of person to give security (1) If a person ordered to give security does not give security on or before the date on which the period for which security is to be given commences, he shall, except in the case mentioned in subsection (2), be committed to prison, or, if he is already in prison, be detained in prison until that period expires or until within that period he gives the security to the court or magistrate who made the order requiring it. (2) When a person has been ordered by a magistrate to give security for a period exceeding one year, the magistrate shall, if the person does not give security, issue a warrant directing him to be detained in prison pending the orders of the High Court, and the proceedings shall be laid as soon as conveniently may be before that court. (3) The High Court, after examining the proceedings and requiring from the magistrate any further information or evidence which it thinks necessary, may make such order in the case as it thinks fit. [Issue 1] C44 - 30