Short answer. Yes. Section 23 lets the court order a person under a protection order to post a bond to keep the peace, backed by two sufficient sureties. If he fails to give the bond, he may be detained — up to six months, or up to thirty days, depending on which acts he was prosecuted for.
What the law says
The Court may order any person against whom a protection order is issued to give a bond to keep the peace, to present two sufficient sureties who shall undertake that such person will not commit the violence sought to be prevented
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What a bond to keep the peace is
Section 23 gives the court a preventive tool over and above the protection order itself. It provides that the Court may order any person against whom a protection order is issued to give a bond to keep the peace, to present two sufficient sureties who shall undertake that such person will not commit the violence sought to be prevented. The bond is not compensation to the victim; it is a security against future harm, guaranteed by two sureties who put themselves behind the respondent's undertaking not to reoffend. The word 'may' signals this is a discretionary measure the court can add where it judges it necessary.
The consequence of not putting it up
The section attaches teeth to the requirement. Should the respondent fail to give the bond, he shall be detained — for a period that in no case exceeds six months if he was prosecuted for the graver categories of abusive acts the law defines, and not exceeding thirty days if for the less serious categories. So an inability or refusal to post the bond does not simply end the matter; it can lead to detention, and how long depends on the gravity of the acts he was prosecuted for, with the more serious ones carrying the longer maximum.
It applies only to court-issued orders
The section is explicit about its scope: the protection orders it refers to are the TPOs and the PPOs issued only by the courts. A barangay protection order, which comes from the barangay rather than a court, is outside this bond mechanism. That distinction matters, because the enforcement tools available differ by the kind of order in play. The bond to keep the peace is part of the court's arsenal for the temporary and permanent orders it issues, not something the barangay process carries.
How this fits the protective scheme
The bond sits alongside the other consequences that follow a protection order — its enforceability nationwide, and the penalties for violating it. Its distinctive role is forward-looking: it aims to prevent the next act rather than punish the last one, by making sureties responsible for the respondent's restraint. For a protected person, it is one of several measures a court can be asked to consider; for a respondent, the detention consequence of not meeting it is a real one, and both sides benefit from understanding it with legal advice.