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Section 14: Power to reject security

The Assam Opium Prohibition Act, 1947State Act of Assam · Act 23 of 1947

A Magistrate may refuse to accept any securi­ ty offered or may reject any security previously accepted by him or by his predecessor under this Chapter on the ground that such surety i~ an unfit person for the purposes of the bond :

Provided that before so refusing to accept or rejecting any such surety, he shall afford the person bound down and the surety an opportunity to show cause against the proposed order, and either himself hold an inquiry into the fitness of the surety or cause such inquiry to be held and report to be made thereon by a Magistrate subordinate to him.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Assam Opium Prohibition Act, 1947
Section14
Marginal notePower to reject security
JurisdictionState of Assam
StatusIn force as published by the source

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