ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Criminal Procedure Code
103. Court may direct security to be taken
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
103. Court may direct security to be taken
(1)A court issuing a warrant for the arrest of a person in respect of an offence other than murder, treason or rape may direct by endorsement on the warrant that, if the person executes a bond with sufficient sureties for his attendance before the court at a specified time and thereafter until otherwise directed by the court, the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall take the security and shall release the person from custody.(2)The endorsement shall state—(a)the number of sureties;(b)the amount in which they and the person for whose arrest the warrant is issued are to be respectively bound; and(c)the time at which he is to attend before the court.(3)Whenever security is taken under this section, the officer to whom the warrant is directed shall forward the bond to the court.