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Section 514. Procedure on forfeiture of bond

(1) Whenever it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court by which a bond under this Code has been taken, or of the Court of a [6] Magistrate of the first class, or, when the bond is for appearance before a Court, to the satisfaction of such Court, that such bond has been forfeited, the Court shall record the grounds of such proof, and may call upon any person bound by such bond to pay the penalty thereof, or to show cause why it should not be paid. [1] [2] [3] [4] [6]

  1. If sufficient cause is not shown and the penalty is not paid, the Court may proceed to recover the same by issuing a warrant for the attachment and sale of the moveable [1] property belonging to such person or his estate if he be dead.
  2. Such warrant may be executed within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court which issued it; and it shall authorize the [2] and sale of any moveable property belonging to such person without such limits, when endorsed by the [3] [4] within the local limits of whose jurisdiction such property is found.
  3. If such penalty is not paid and cannot be recovered by such attachment and sale, the person so bound shall be liable, by order of the Court which issued the warrant, to imprisonment in the civil jail for a term which may extend to six months.
  4. The Court may, at its discretion, remit any portion of the penalty mentioned and enforce payment in part only [1].
  5. Where a surety to a bond dies before the bond is forfeited, his estate shall be discharged from all liability in respect of the bond [5]. [6]
Annotations (5)
  • amendment [1] the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (XII of 1972), s.2 and Sch.
  • amendment [2] the Criminal Procedure (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (XXV of 1974), s.2 and Sch. (w.e.f. 13-4-1972).
  • amendment [3] the Central Laws (Statue Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (XXI of 1960), s.3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955).
  • amendment [4] Act No. XXXVI of 2026, s.2 (Applicable only to the extent of ICT) 5 S. 514 applies to all cases requiring security for good behaviour under the Punjab Frontier Crossing Regulation, 1873 (7 of 1873), s.6.
  • amendment [6] by the Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances Order, 1949 (Order No. 4 of 1949), Art. 3 and Sch.
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