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Justices Act 1959
103Power to release persons imprisoned in default of finding sureties if complainant dies
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### 103 Power to release persons imprisoned in default of finding sureties if complainant dies
> If the person upon whose complaint a justice has required the defendant to find surety of the peace dies, and the defendant is then in prison in default of giving surety, the justice who made the order, if he thinks fit, may order the defendant to be released from custody without giving surety.