Section 7 — Recognizance for certain purposes.

7. Recognizance for certain purposes - (1) The Commissioner or the
District Magistrate or the Tribunal may for the purpose of,–

(a) securing the attendance of any person against whom
an order is proposed to be made under section 3 or has been
made but its operation has been stayed under section 6; or

(b) securing the due observance of any direction,
requirements, prohibition, restriction or condition specified in
an order made in respect of any person under section 3,
section 4, section 5 or section 6; require such person to enter
into a bond, with or without sureties.

 (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing provisions,-

(a) the Commissioner or the District Magistrate while
issuing notice to any person under sub-section (1)  of  section
3 may issue a warrant for his arrest with endorsement
thereon of a direction in terms of the  provisions of section 71
of the Code and the provisions of sections 70 to 89 of the
Code shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to such
warrant as if the Commissioner or the District Magistrate, as
the case may be, were the Court of a Magistrate;

(b) if any person who is required to execute a bond for the
observance of any direction,  requirement,  prohibition,
restriction or condition fails to do so, he shall be committed to
prison, or, if he is already in prison, be  detained in prison
until the period for which the direction, requirement,
prohibition, restriction, or condition is to  operate or until
within such period he executes the bonds with or without
sureties, as the case may be, in terms of the order, and the
provisions of sections 119 to 124 of the Code shall mutatis



mutandis apply as if the Commissioner or the District
Magistrate or the Tribunal were the Court of a Magistrate;

(c) the provisions of Chapter XXXIII of the Code relating to
bonds shall mutatis mutandis apply in relation to all bonds
executed under this section as if the Commissioner or the
District Magistrate or the Tribunal were the Court of
Magistrate.