Whenever a 2[* *], ^[3] receives information that any person within the local limits of his jurisdiction—

1. is by habit a robber, house-breaker, ^[4]
2. is by habit a receiver of stolen property knowing the same to have been stolen, or
3. habitually protects or harbours thieves or aids, in the concealment or disposal of stolen property, or ^[6]
4. habitually commits, or attempts to commit, or abets the commission of, offences involving a breach of the peace, or
5. 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. 111. [Proviso as to European vagrants.] Rep. by the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1923 (XII of 1923), s. 8. 7, 8