Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Chapter 008 Security for Keeping the Peace and for Good Behaviour

Section 119: Commencement of period for which security is required

  • If any person, in respect of whom an order requiring security is made under section 106 or section 117, is, at the time such order is made, sentenced to, or undergoing a sentence of, imprisonment, the period for which such security is required shall commence on the expiration of such sentence.
  • In other cases such period shall commence on the date of such order unless the Magistrate, for sufficient reason, fixes a later date.


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