Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Section - 445 - Deposit instead of recognizance

Deposit instead of recognizance.

445. When any person is required by any Court or officer to execute a bond with or without sureties, such court or officer may, except in the case of a bond for good behaviour, permit him to deposit a sum of money or Government promissory notes to such amount as the Court or officer may fix in lieu of executing such bond.

STATE AMENDMENTS

WEST BENGAL

-Section 445
--The words "with or without sureties" shall be omitted;
--For the word "permit", the word "direct" shall be substituted - Vide West Bengal Act No. 24 of 2003.
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