SUPREME COURT ACT 1986 - SECT 88 Security to be given by defendant
SUPREME COURT ACT 1986 - SECT 88
Security to be given by defendant(1) The security to be given by a defendant may be—
(a) a deposit in court of the amount mentioned in the order (not exceeding the amount claimed in the proceeding); or
(b) a bond to the plaintiff by the defendant and two sufficient sureties (or, with the leave of the Court, either one surety or more than two) that if judgment is entered for the plaintiff for the sum named in the bond or any lesser sum the sum for which judgment is so entered shall forthwith be paid to the plaintiff; or
(c) with the plaintiff's consent, any other form of security.
(2) The plaintiff may, within four days after receiving particulars of the names and addresses of the proposed sureties, apply to the Court to have the sufficiency of the security determined.
(3) Unless the plaintiff applies under subsection (2) within the time stated in that subsection, the security is to be taken to be sufficient.
No. 6387 s. 137.