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Service and Execution of Process Act 1992
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19 Security for costs
(1) The court may, on application by the person served, order that: (a) the party by whom or on whose behalf the process was served give such security as the court specifies for the first‑mentioned person’s costs of and incidental to the proceeding; and (b) the proceeding be stayed until the security is given. (2) Subsection (1) does not limit the court’s power to make an order requiring security for costs.