Section 128.   Security for good behaviour from suspected persons.

When an Executive Magistrate receives information that there is within his local
jurisdiction a person taking precautions to conceal his presence and that there is reason to
believe that he is doing so with a view to committing a cognizable offence, the Magistrate
may, in the manner hereinafter provided, require such person to show cause why he should
not be ordered to execute a bond, with or without sureties, for his good behaviour for such
period, not exceeding one year, as the Magistrate thinks fit.