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(1) Whenever a 1[Presidency Magistrate specially empowered by the State Government in this behalf in 2Greater Bombay and elsewhere, a District Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Magistrate] receives information that any person within the local limits of his jurisdiction habitually commits or attempts to commit or abets the commission of any offence punishable under this Act such Magistrate may 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 may direct. (2) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898), 3shall in so far as they are applicable apply to any proceedings under sub-section (1) as if the bond referred to therein were a bond required to be executed under section 110 of the said Code.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>1</i>) Whenever a <sup>1</sup>[Presidency Magistrate specially empowered by the State Government in this behalf in <sup>2</sup>Greater Bombay and elsewhere, a District Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Magistrate] receives information that any person within the local limits of his jurisdiction habitually commits or attempts to commit or abets the commission of any offence punishable under this Act such Magistrate may 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 may direct.<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>2</i>) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898), <sup>3</sup>shall in so far as they are applicable apply to any proceedings under sub-section (<i>1</i>) as if the bond referred to therein were a bond required to be executed under section 110 of the said Code.<br>