Recognization for certain purposes

(1) The District Magistrate or the District and Sessions Judge may for the purpose of— (a) securing the attendance of any person against whom an order is proposed to be made under section 6, or has been made but its operation has been stayed under section 9; or (b) securing the due observance of any direction, requirement, prohibition, restriction or condition specified in an order made in respect of any person under section 6, section 7, section 8 or section 9, require such person to enter into a bond, with or without sureties and the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, shall mutatis mutandis apply in relation to such bonds as they apply in relation to bonds executed or required to be executed under the said Code. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions— (a) the District Magistrate while issuing notice to any person under sub-section (1) of section 6 may issue a warrant for his arrest with endorsement thereon of a direction in terms of the provisions of section 71 of the said Code, and the provisions of section 70 to 89 of the said Code shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to such warrant as if the District Magistrate were a court: Provided that the District Magistrate shall not issue any warrant unless he is satisfied, for reasons to be recorded in writing, that there is a reasonable apprehension in his mind that the person against whom the notice is being issued will escape the service of notice or he will evade the process of law. (b) If any person who is required to execute a bond for the observance of any direction, requirement, prohibition, restriction or condition fails to do so, he shall be committed to prison or, if he is already in prison, be detained in prison until the period for which the direction, requirement, prohibition, restriction or condition is to operate or until within such period he execute the bond with or without sureties, as the case may be, in terms of the order, and the provisions of sections 119 to 121, 123(1) to (8) and (10) and 124 of the said Code shall mutatis mutandis apply as if the District Magistrate is a court; (c) section 445, 446 and 447 of the said Code shall mutatis mutandis apply in relation to all bonds executed under this section as if the District Magistrate is a court.