Section 71: Discharge of sureties

(1) A surety for the peaceable conduct or good behaviour of another suspect may at any time apply to a Court to discharge a recognizance executed under any of the preceding sections within the district or division to which the Court is assigned.
(2) On an application being made, the Magistrate shall, if satisfied there is good reason for the application, issue such summons or warrant, as he thinks fit, requiring the suspect for whom the surety is bound to appear or to be brought before him.
(3) where the suspect appears or is brought before a Magistrate, the Magistrate after hearing the suspect may discharge the recognizance and order the suspectto give, for the unexpired portion of the term of the recognizance, fresh security for the unexpired portion of the same description as the original security.
(4) An order made under subsection (3) of this section shall, for the purposes of sections 65, 66, 67 and 68 of this Act, be deemed to be an order under section 57 of this Act.