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Section 80

Power to release person imprisoned for failing to give security

of Criminal Procedure Code

ActIn forceProvision 87 of 459
Section 80

When a Court is of opinion that any person imprisoned for failing to give security under this Chapter may be released without hazard to

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the community or to any other person the Court may order that person to be discharged:

Provided that the Court of a Magistrate shall not exercise this power except in cases where the imprisonment is under its own order.

Magistrate to report in cases in which the security has been ordered by the High Court