When 1
[an Executive Magistrate] receives
information that there is within his local jurisdiction a person taking precautions to conceal his presence and that
there is reason to believe that he is doing so with a view to committing a cognizable offence, the Magistrate may, in
the manner hereinafter provided, require such person to show cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond,
with or without sureties, for his good behaviour for such period, not exceeding one year, as the Magistrate thinks fit.
1. Subs. by Act 63 of 1980, s. 2, for "a Judicial Magistrate of the first class" (w.e.f. 23-9-1980).