(a)the person is trying to conceal his or her presence and there is reason to believe that he or she is doing so with a view to committing an offence;
Section history
Section 44 — Security for good behaviour from suspected offenders, etc.
As in force on 31 December 2021.
The text below is this provision as reproduced in the Revised Edition that came into force on this date. A revised edition consolidates the law without changing its substance, so editorial amendments — such as renumbering, updated citations and formatting — may have been made but are not shown as a redline.
(1)A court may require a person to show cause why the person should not be ordered to execute a bond for his or her good behaviour for a period not exceeding 2 years, if it appears to the court that —
(b)the person has no apparent means of supporting himself or herself or is unable to give a satisfactory account of himself or herself; or
(c)the person orally or in writing disseminates or tries to disseminate or in any way helps to disseminate —
(i)any seditious matter, that is to say, any matter whose publication is punishable under the Sedition Act 1948 or any material which forms the subject matter of a charge under section 267C, 298A or 505 of the Penal Code 1871; or
(ii)any matter concerning a Judge or a judicial officer amounting to criminal intimidation or defamation under the Penal Code 1871.
(2)No proceeding may be taken under subsection (1)(c) except with the consent of the Public Prosecutor.