Section 4, The Debtors' Ordinance

If a plaintiff, in any action or suit, brought or institutedin any Court for any cause of action of an amount or value of ten pounds or upwards shall, by the affidavit of himself or of some other person, show to the satisfaction of the Court that such plaintiff has a cause of action against the defendant to the amount of ten pounds, and that such defendant is about to leave the Colony or Protectorate, or has disposed of or removed from the Colony or Protectorate his property, or any part thereof, the plaintiff may, either at the institution of the action or suit or at any time thereafter until final judgment, make an application to the Court that security be taken for the appearance of the defendant to answer any judgment that may be passed against him in the action or suit.