(1) The petitioner shall, at the time of the presentation of the election petition, or within three days afterwards, give security for the payment of all costs, charges and expenses that may become payable by the petitioner —
(a) to any person summoned as a witness on his or her behalf;
(b) to the member whose election or return is disputed; or
(c) to any other person named as a respondent in the election petition.
(2) The security under subrule (1) must not exceed $1,200 and must be given by one or more recognizance to be entered into by any number of sureties approved by the Registrar, not exceeding 4 or by deposit of money in the Court, or partly in one way and partly in the other to the satisfaction of the Registrar.
(3) A recognizance under subrule (2) is as set out in Form 7 of the Schedule and must contain the name and usual place of abode of each surety with sufficient description that enables him or her to be found or ascertained.
(4) Within 3 days after the giving of security as required by this rule, the petitioner shall serve on the respondent a notice as set out in Form 8 of the Schedule of the nature of the security given.
(5) When the security is given wholly or partly by recognizance, if necessary, the respondent shall within 10 days from the date of service on him or her of the notice, object to the recognizance on the ground that —
(a) one or more of the sureties is insufficient;
(b) a surety is dead;
(c) a surety cannot be found or ascertained for want of sufficient description in the recognizance; or
(d) a person named in the recognizance has not duly acknowledged the same.
(6) An objection to the security shall be made by an application to a judge as set out in Form 9 of the Schedule, supported by an affidavit of the facts relied on, but the judge may require the person giving evidence on affidavit to attend for personal examination.
(7) An application under subrule (6) shall be made on not less than 4 days' notice to the petitioner and the costs of the application shall be in the discretion of the judge who may decide which party pays the costs.
(8) The costs of hearing and deciding an objection on the ground of insufficiency of a surety shall be paid by the petitioner, unless at the time of leaving the recognizance with the Registrar the petitioner left with the Registrar an affidavit sworn by each surety before a justice of the peace, or other person duly authorized to administer oaths, that he or she is possessed of immovable property of the value of double the amount for which he or she is bound by the recognizance, after satisfying all other debts and liabilities due to other persons.
(9) Upon the hearing of an application made under subrule (6), an order declaring the sufficiency of the security given shall be entered as set out in Form 10 of the Schedule.