A surety in a recognizance taken by a Justice of the Supreme Court, a judge of a Superior Court, or a clerk of the Supreme or Superior Court, may make written application to the authority taking the recognizance for a warrant to apprehend the principal and commit him to jail. The authority taking the recognizance shall thereupon issue such warrant, directed to any sheriff or constable in the State. When the principal is committed to jail on such warrant, the bail shall be discharged. (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. July 1, 1965, operative Feb. 1, 1967; 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974; 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 25, eff. April 9, 1974.)