Section 11, The Debtors' Ordinance

If the defendant in any action or suit for an amount orvalue of ten pounds or upwards, with the intent to obstruct or delay the execution of any judgment or decree that may be passed against him, is about to dispose of his property or any part thereof, or to remove any such property from the Colony or Protectorate, the plaintiff may apply to the Court, either at the time of the institution of the action or suit, or at any time thereafter until final judgment, to call upon the Defendant to furnish sufficient security to satisfy or fulfil any judgment or decree that may be made against him in the action or suit, and, on his failing to give such security, to direct that any property moveable or immoveable belonging to the defendant shall be attached until the further order of the Court.