CrPC § 110 — Security for good behaviour from habitual offenders

Statutory text (English)

Whenever a 1* *, 2[Magistrate of the first
class] receives information that any person within the local limits of his jurisdiction—
(a) is by habit a robber, house-breaker, 4* thief, 5[or forger], or
(b) is by habit a receiver of stolen property knowing the same to have been stolen, or
(c) habitually protects or harbours thieves or aids, in the concealment or disposal of stolen property,
or
6[(d) habitually commits, or attempts to commit, or abets the commission of, the offence of
kidnapping, abduction, extortion, cheating or mischief, or any offence punishable under Chapter
XII of the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860), or under section 489A, section 489B, section
489C or section 489D of that Code, or]
(e) habitually commits, or attempts to commit, or abets the commissions of, offences involving a
breach of the peace, or
(f) is so desperate and dangerous as to render his being at large without security hazardous to the
community,
such Magistrate may, in manner hereinafter provided, require such person to show cause why
he should not be ordered to execute a bond, with sureties, for his good behaviour for such
period, not exceeding three years, as the Magistrate thinks fit to fix.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.110: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 60, 61, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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