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1. In all cases where a party proposes to give a bond or recognisance by way of security, he shall serve, by post or otherwise, on the opposite party and on the Clerk of the Peace at his office, notice of the proposed sureties, and the Clerk of the Peace shall forthwith give notice to both parties of the day and hour on which he proposes that the bond or recognisance shall be executed, and shall state in the notice to the obligee that should any party have any valid objection to make to the sureties, or either of them, it must then be made.

2. The sureties shall make affidavit of their sufficiency, unless the opposite party shall dispense with such affidavit.

3. The bond or recognisance shall be executed in the presence of the Judge, or the Clerk of the Peace, or a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Judicature.

4. When a party makes a deposit of money in lieu of giving a bond or recognisance, he shall forthwith give notice to the opposite party, by post or otherwise, of such deposit having been made.

5. In all cases where the security is by bond or recognisance the same shall be deposited with the Clerk of the Peace at his office until the suit be finally disposed of.

6. No Clerk of the Peace, Registrar, or other officer of the Court shall become surety in any case where by the practice of the Court security is required.

1. All costs in equity suits or proceedings or in lunacy matters shall be taxed by the Clerk of the Peace or Registrar, subject to the revision of such taxation by the Judge.

2. In all actions, suits, or other proceedings in the County Court the fees specified in the scale or scales of fees, costs, and charges for the time being in force shall be established and be deemed and taken as the lawful fees, costs, charges, and emoluments, for the business therein provided for, and no other fees, costs, charges, or emoluments shall be recoverable therefor.

3. In taxing costs incurred in the High Court of Justice in any suit or action previous to the transmission thereof to the County Court, or during the progress thereof, the Clerk of the Peace or Registrar shall tax the same when required by the Judge, according to the scale of costs and fees in use in such High Court of Justice, subject to revision by the Judge.