Section 141 - Imprisonment in default of security

Imprisonment in default of security: failure to give ordered security leads to detention until security is furnished.

A person who fails to give ordered security for keeping the peace or for good behaviour may be committed to or detained in prison until the security period expires or the security is furnished; breach of a bond permits arrest and detention after recorded proof. If security is required for more than one year, the Magistrate must detain the person pending reference to the Sessions Judge, who may examine proceedings, hear the person and pass orders, subject to an overall imprisonment limit of three years. Tendered security to jail authorities must be referred to the ordering Court or Magistrate. Imprisonment is simple for peace and simple or rigorous for good behaviour as directed.