CrPC § 126 — Discharge of sureties

Statutory text (English)

(1) Any surety for the peaceable conduct or good behaviour of
another person may at any time apply to a 5* * *,[concerned Magistrate of the first class] to
cancel any bond executed under this Chapter within the local limits of his jurisdiction.

(2) On such application being made, the Magistrate shall issue his summons or warrant, as he
thinks fit, requiring the person for whom such surety is bound to appear or to be brought before
him.
6[126A.] Security for unexpired period of bond. 7[When a person for whose appearance a
warrant or summons has been issued under the proviso to sub-section

(3) of section 122 or under
section 126, sub-section

(2), appears or is brought before him, the Magistrate shall cancel the bond
executed by such person] and shall order such person to give, for the unexpired portion of the term
of such bond, fresh security of the same description as the original security. Every such order shall,
for the purposes of sections 121, 122, 123 and 124, be deemed to be an order made under section
106 or section 118, as the case may be.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.126: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 66, 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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