Section I. IT is hereby enacted, in addition to the Rules already in force for instituting suits _in forma paup

I. IT is hereby enacted, in addition to the Rules already in force for instituting suits in forma pauperis , that no person shall be hereafter entitled to institute any suit in forma pauperis , in any Civil Court of Judicature within the Territories subject to the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, unless the Court in which his petition may be presented shall, before granting such petition, be satisfied by the examination of the petitioner, or of his or her agents or witnesses, (which examination shall be taken on oath, or solemn affirmation in cases where a solemn affirmation may be received instead of an oath,) that there is probable cause for instituting the suit.