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Detention of bail of persons taken before justices for offences under the Customs Acts.
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197. Any person brought before any justice for any offence against the Customs Acts, in respect of which such justice is not empowered to proceed summarily, may by his order be detained in gaol or in the custody of the police or constabulary force a reasonable time to obtain the order of the Commissioners of Customs or Inland Revenue, and to prepare the necessary information and warrant of commitment, and at the expiration of such time to be brought before him or any other justice to hear and determine the matter; or if any information shall have been preferred before any justice against any person for any such offence, and it shall be made to appear to such justice that such person is likely to abscond, such justice may, in lieu of issuing a summons for his appearance, grant his warrant to bring such offender before him or any other justice at a time and place to be named in such warrant for the hearing of such information; but such person may be liberated, on giving security to the satisfaction of such justice in such sum as he may see fit, to appear at any time and place appointed by such justice for hearing the case.
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