10. Insertion of new section 417A in the principal enactment

The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 417 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 417a of that enactment :—

‘ Amount of 417a. The security for payment of costs payment or costs.

fixed by order made under section 416 or 417

shall in no case exceed the aggregate of the following :—

the total costs that can be ordered in an action of that category, at the rates prescribed for the purposes of section 214; and

five hundred thousand rupees to meet incidential expenses, such as expenses that may be incurred in procuring the evidence and attendance of witnesses living abroad.”.