Section 24Part 3 — General Provisions Relating to Criminal Investigations and Proceedings
Forfeiture of bond
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24. (1) Where a bond has been executed under section 22, or for the doing by a person of any other thing connected with a proceeding before a court, and it appears to the court that the bond should be forfeited, the court may, without prejudice to its power to issue a warrant under section 23, declare the bond to be forfeited and adjudge the persons bound thereby, whether as principal or sureties, or any of them, to the sum in which they are respectively bound.
The court which declares the bond to be forfeited may, at any time, instead of adjudging any person to pay the whole sum in respect of which that person is bound, remit the whole or any part thereof either absolutely or on such conditions as it thinks just. Criminal Procedure Code (2026 Revision) Section 25 c Revised as at 31st December, 2025 Page 23
Payment of any sum adjudged to be paid under this section may be enforced by any court as if it were a fine.