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Justices Act 1959
102Power of justices, upon sufficient cause, to require persons to give sureties of the peace where no complaint is made
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### 102 Power of justices, upon sufficient cause, to require persons to give sureties of the peace where no complaint is made
> When a person within the view or hearing of a justice uses a threat or other language, or does an act, on proof of which he might on complaint made be required to enter into recognizance of the peace, the justice may forthwith, and without further proof, require that person to enter into such recognizance of the peace as the justice deems sufficient, and in default of his doing may commit him to prison as provided in [section 99](#GS99@EN) .