When the probation period specified in the recognizance has elapsed without any offence having been committed the guarantee shall be discharged, the guarantors released and the sums or sureties lodged returned to their owners. Where an offence is committed during the probation period, the surety shall be forfeited to the State or the guarantor would be required to discharge his obligation, without prejudice to the ordinary penalties and measures to which the offender is liable for his offence.
Penal Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation.
Article 86
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