499.(1) Before any person is released on bail or released on his own bond, a bond for such sum of money as the police-officer or Court, as the case may be, thinks sufficient shall be executed by such person, and, when he is released on bail, by one or more sufficient sureties conditioned that such person shall attend at the time and place mentioned in the bond, and shall continue so to attend until otherwise directed by the police-officer or Court, as the case may be.

(2) If the case so require, the bond shall also bind the person released on bail to appear when called upon at the High Court Division, Court of Session or other Court to answer the charge.

¹[(3) At the stage of investigation under this Code, the Judge or Magistrate may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, dispense with the personal attendance of an accused person who is on bail and represented by an advocate, until the date fixed for hearing of the investigation report.]