Section 68: Procedure on failure of suspect to give security

(1) Where a suspect ordered to give security does not give the security on or before the date on which the period for which the security is to be given commences, he shall, except in the case mentioned in subsection (2) of this section, be committed to prison until the period expires or until within the period he gives the security to the Court that made the order requiring it.
(2) Where a suspect has been ordered by a Magistrate to give security for a period exceeding one year, the Magistrate shall, where the suspect does not give the security so ordered, issue a warrant directing him to be detained in prison pending the orders of the High Court, and the proceedings shall be laid before the Court as soon as practicable.
(3) The High Court, after examining the proceedings and requiring from the Magistrate any further information or evidence which it thinks necessary, may make such order in the case as it deems fit.
(4) The period, if any, for which a suspect is imprisoned for failure to give security in any specified amount shall not exceed the term prescribed in respect of a like sum in the scale of imprisonment set out inthe Fourth Schedule to this Act.
(5) Where the security is tendered to the officer in charge of the prison, he shall immediately refer the matter to the Court that made the order and the Court shall forthwith order the release of the suspect.