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Section 45 — Security for good behaviour from habitual offenders

As in force on 31 December 2021.

Timeline 3 versions
  1. 2 January 2011 Enacted
  2. 31 December 2021 Revised edition
  3. 17 August 2026 Latest
Revised edition in force 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.

45.Security for good behaviour from habitual offenders

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 —

(a)the person habitually commits offences;

(b)the person habitually associates with robbers, housebreakers, thieves, prostitutes or people who have no apparent means of subsistence; or

(c)the person is so desperate or dangerous as to pose a risk to the community when at large.