Section 177: Discharge of sureties

(1) All or any of the sureties to a recognizance may at any time apply to the court which caused the recognizance to be taken to discharge the bond either wholly or so far as relates to the applicant.
(2) On an application under subsection (1) of this section, the court shall issue a warrant for the arrest of the defendant on whose behalf the recognizance was executed and on his appearance shall discharge the recognizance either wholly or so far as relates to the applicant and shall require the defendant to find other sufficient sureties or meet some other conditions and if he fails to do so, may make such order as it considers fit.