Section 459: Provisions in case of convict failing to observe conditions of release

(1) Where the court before which a defendant is bound by his recognizance under this Part to appear for conviction or sentence is satisfied by information on oath that the defendant has failed to observe any of the conditions of his recognizance, it may issue a warrant for his arrest or may, if it thinks fit, instead of issuing a warrant in the first instance, issue a summons to the defendant and his sureties, if any, requiring him or them to attend at the court and at such time as may be specified in the summons.
(2) The defendant where arrested shall, if not brought before the court before which he is bound by his recognizance to appear for conviction or sentence, be brought before another court.
(3) The court before which a defendant on arrest is brought or before which he appears in pursuance of the summons may, where it is not the court before which he is bound by his recognizance to appear for conviction or sentence, remand him to custody or on bail until he can be brought before the last-mentioned court.
(4) A defendant so remanded in custody may be committed during remand to a prison to which the court having power to convict or sentence him has power to commit prisoners.
(5) A court before which a defendant is bound by his recognizance to appear for conviction and sentence on being satisfied that he has failed to observe a condition of his recognizance may, without further proof of his guilt, convict and sentence him for the original offence.