Tamil Nadu Prohibition Act Section 40 — Bond of accused and sureties
Criminal
Summary
Sub-section (1) states that before a person is released on bail, they must execute a bond for a sum of money that the officer admitting them to bail considers sufficient but not excessive. The bond must also be executed by one or more sureties. The condition of the bond is that the person will attend as required by its terms and will continue to attend until the Police or Prohibition Officer before whom they were bailed, or the Magistrate, directs otherwise.
The proviso to sub-section (1) allows the officer admitting a person to bail to choose, at their discretion, to waive the requirement of a surety or sureties for the bond executed by that person.
Sub-section (2) states that the State Government will determine, from time to time, the form of the bond to be used in any local area.
Official Text
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(1) Before any person is released on bail, a bond in such sufficient but no excessive sum of money as the officer admitting him to bail thinks proper shall be executed by such person and by one or more sureties, conditioned that such person shall attend in accordance with the terms of the bond and shall continue to attend until otherwise directed by the Police or Prohibition Officer before whom he was bailed to attend, or by the Magistrate, as the case may be:
Provided that the officer admitting any such person to bail, may, in his discretion, dispense with the requirement of a surety or sureties to the bond executed by such person.
(2) The [State] Government shall, from time to time, determine the form of the bond to be used in any local area.