87Court may order arrest

87 Court may order arrest If a plaintiff in a proceeding in which a defendant would (prior to 3 October 1839) have been liable to arrest, shows to the satisfaction of the Court by affidavit (whether of the plaintiff or of some other person)— (a) that the plaintiff has a cause of action against the defendant to the amount of $50 000 or more or has sustained damage to that amount; and (b) that there is probable cause for believing that the defendant is about to remove out of Victoria or is making preparations to remove out of Victoria; and (c) that the proceeding will be defeated unless the defendant is forthwith apprehended— the Court may order that the defendant be arrested and imprisoned until further order of the Court or until security is given by the defendant. No. 6387 s. 136.