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Where the plaintiff in any action in any of Her Majesty's superior courts of law at Dublin, in which if brought before the commencement of this Act the defendant would have been liable to arrest, proves at any time before final judgment by evidence on oath, to the satisfaction of a judge of one of those courts, that the plaintiff has good cause of action against the defendant to the amount of twenty pounds or upwards, or has sustained damage to that amount, and that there is probable cause for believing that the defendant is about to quit Ireland unless he be apprehended, and that the absence of the defendant from Ireland will materially prejudice the plaintiff in the prosecution of his action, such judge may in the prescribed manner order such defendant to be arrested and imprisoned for a period not exceeding six months, unless and until he has sooner given the prescribed security, not exceeding the amount claimed in the action, that he will not go out of Ireland without the leave of the court.
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Where the action is for a penalty or sum in the nature of a penalty, other than a penalty in respect of any contract, it shall not be necessary to prove that the absence of the defendant from Ireland will materially prejudice the plaintiff in the prosecution of his action, and the security given (instead of being that the defendant will not go out of Ireland) shall be to the effect that any sum recovered against the defendant in the action shall be paid or that the defendant shall be rendered to prison.
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