101Abolition of power of court concerning recognizances and sureties

101 Abolition of power of court concerning recognizances and sureties

101 Abolition of power of court concerning recognizances and sureties

(1) The power that a court had before the commencement of this section—

(a) to require a person to enter into a recognizance to be of good behaviour or to keep the peace, or

(b) to take surety from a person for the performance of an obligation imposed (whether on that or any other person) by such a recognizance,

is abolished.

(2) This section applies to any such power that a court had under section 30 of the Imperial Acts Application Act 1969, at common law or otherwise.