Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
18. ( I ) Whenever any person is convicted of an offence punishable under section 10, section 12, section 13, OT section 14, and the Court convicting him is of opinion that it is necessary to require such person to execute a bond for abstaining from the commission of affeuces punishable under those sections, the Court may, at the time of passing sentence on such person, order him to execute a bond for a sum proportionate to his means, with or without sureties, for abstaining from the commission of such offences during such period, not exceeding three years, as it thinks fit to fix.
(2) The bond shall be in the, form contained in Schedule I, and the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, vof,iess, shall, in so far as they are applicable, apply to all matters connected with such bond as if it were a bond to keep the peace ordered to be executed under section 106 of that Code.
(3) If the conviction is set aside on appeal or otherwise, the bond so executed shall become void.
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(4) An order under this section may also be made by an appellate Court, or by the High Court when exercising its ponre~-s of revision.
Source: India Code