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(1) The 1[State Government] may remit the whole or a part of the sentence of a person sentenced to imprisonment for an offence under any Act, on such person entering into a bond, with one or more sureties, in such amount and for such period as the 1[State Government] may direct, to be of good behavior and to observe such conditions as to residence or otherwise as the 1[State Government] may impose. Act V of 1898 (2) The provisions of sections 126, 126-A, 514, 514-A, 514-B and 515 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, shall, so far as they may be, apply in the case of suretites offered and bonds given under this section as if they had been offered and given under Chapter VIII of the said Code : Provided that if any person, required under section 126-A or 514-A of the said Code to furnish fresh security, fails to furnish the same, the 1[State Government] may cancel the order passed under sub- section (1) and order that such person shall serve the whole or so much of his unexpired sentence as the 1[State Government] may direct. (3) If any person related under sub-section (1) fails to observe the conditions of his bond, the 1[State Government] may direct that he be re-arrested and sent to prison to serve the whole or such part of his unexpired sentence as it may direct, in addition to any proceedings that may be taken against him or his surety or sureties in respect of such bond under the said Code. Power to make rules