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### 829 Amount and form of security
> > (1) If an order for security for costs is made under [rule 828](#GS828@EN) or security for costs is otherwise required, it is to be of any amount and be given at any time or times and in any manner and form the Court or a judge directs.
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> > (2) Subject to any direction given as to the manner and form in which the security is to be given, it is to be given by an instrument that –
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> > > > (a) is signed by the person to be bound, whether as principal or surety; and
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> > > > (b) sets out that the person submits to the jurisdiction of the Court; and
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> > > > (c) contains that person's consent to judgment being signed against that person for the amount for which the security is given on the happening of the event specified in the instrument.
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> > (3) Subject to any direction to the contrary, security is to be given by 2 sureties approved by the Principal Registrar, each of whom is to be bound in the full amount of the security.
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> > (4) An instrument for the purposes of [subrule (2)](#GS829@Gs2@EN) –
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> > > > (a) is to be entitled in the proceeding in which the security is given; and
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> > > > (b) is to be executed by each surety in the presence of the registrar or a commissioner; and
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> > > > (c) if there is more than one surety, may be executed by them either separately or together; and
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> > > > (d) is to be filed; and
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> > > > (e) becomes a record of the Court when it is filed.
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> > (5) A person in whose presence an instrument is executed is to satisfy himself or herself that the surety understands –
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> > > > (a) the liability which the surety incurs; and
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> > > > (b) that the liability may be enforced against the surety in a summary way.
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> > (6) [*\[Rule 829 Subrule (6) amended by S.R. 2008, No. 128, Applied:31 Dec 2008\]*](/view/html/inforce/2008-12-31/sr-2008-128#GS49@EN) A person is not to attest the execution of a security by another person for whom that person or the partner of that person is acting as practitioner or agent.