Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12)
Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 200
200. (1) The plaintiff shall likewise be non suited with costs if,
when the cause is called on, it is found that no security for t he costs
of the suit has been given as pr ovided in this Code, unless, wi thin a
short time which the court may deem fit to allow, a sum in read y
money, sufficient to secure the costs of the suit, be deposited with
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the registrar.
Security for costs
not subject to
claims of creditors.
(2) The sum so deposited shall not be subject to the claims of
the creditors of the party making such deposit, so long as such sum
is intended to meet the costs of the suit.
Default of
appearance of
defendant.
Amended by:
XXXI.1934.34;
XXIV .1995.102.
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