Court Officers Act, 1926

Security to be given by certain officers.

61.—(1) Every person appointed to a post or situation to which this section for the time being applies shall before entering on the duties of such post or situation give security for the discharge of the duties of such post or situation in such manner and for such amount as shall be prescribed under this section.

(2) The Minister may with the sanction of the Minister for Finance from time to time by order prescribe the posts created by this Act and the posts and situations in the offices established by this Act to which this section shall apply and may by any such order prescribe, with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, the manner in which and the amount for which security is to be given under this section in respect of each such post and situation but so that the amount for which such security is to be given shall not in any case exceed twice the annual salary of the post or situation in respect of which the security is given.