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Justices Act 1959
94How application for surety of the peace is to be made
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### 94 How application for surety of the peace is to be made
> > (1) Where a person applies to a justice to have any other person bound over to keep the peace, the application shall be by way of complaint, to be verified by the oath of the applicant.
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> > (2) In the complaint the facts upon which the complainant relies in support of his application shall be fully set forth; and, if any of such facts be not within the personal knowledge of the complainant, they shall, if the justice so require, be verified by the corroborative oath of some other person.
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> > (3) If the justice receiving the complaint, and considering the matter thereof, sees sufficient cause so to do, he shall thereupon issue his warrant, requiring that the person against whom the complaint is made be apprehended and brought before him, or some other justice or justices, to answer to the complaint, and to be further dealt with according to law.
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> > (4) If the justice is of opinion that the complainant has cause for his application, but that no person or property is in immediate danger from the defendant, he may, if he thinks fit, issue his summons in the first instance to compel the appearance of the defendant.