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Justices Act 1959
97If complaint reasonable defendant to be required to give security
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### 97 If complaint reasonable defendant to be required to give security
> > (1) *\[Section 97 Subsection (1) amended by No. 45 of 1986, s. 24 \]*If the justice hearing the complaint considers that there are good grounds so to do, he may order the defendant to enter with one or more sureties as to him seems meet into a recognizance to the Queen in such sum as the justice deems sufficient, conditioned that the defendant do keep the peace –
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> > > > (a) towards the complainant;
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> > > > (b) towards Her Majesty and all her liege people; or
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> > > > (c) towards Her Majesty and all her liege people, and especially towards the complainant –
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> > for a time to be fixed by the order not exceeding 2 years from the date of the recognizance.
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> > (2) A recognizance for the purposes of this Part may be entered into by the principal or any sureties thereto before a justice, and it is not necessary for all the parties to the recognizance to be present at the same time.