Filing fee/deposit amount (in local currency)
Trinidad and Tobago
Representation of the People Act Chapter 2:01(published 1967-12-21, last amended 2000-09-12), http://rgd.legalaffairs.gov.tt/laws2/alphabetical_list/lawspdfs2/2.01.pdf
109. (1) At the time of presenting a representationpetition or within three days afterwards the petitioner shall give security forall costs which may become payable by him to any witness summoned on his behalfor to any respondent.
(2) The security shall be—
(a) in the case of a petition relating to membership ofthe Senate or of the House of Representatives, an amount of twenty thousanddollars; and
111. (1) Within a further prescribed time, not exceeding ten days after service of the notice of the presentation of the petition, the respondent may object in writing to any recognisance on the ground that any surety is insufficient or is dead or cannot be found or ascertained for want of a sufficient description in the recognisance, or that a person named in the recognisance has not duly acknowledged the recognisance.
(2) If the objection is allowed, the petitioner may, within a further prescribed time not exceeding five days, remove it by a deposit in the prescribed manner of such sum of money as will in accordance with subsection (3) or subsection (4) make the security sufficient.
(3) Any objection to a recognisance may be heard and determined by the Registrar, and the Registrar may, if he allows the objection, direct what sum should be deposited so as to make the security sufficient.
(4) A determination or direction by the Registrar under subsection (3) may be reviewed by the High Court and upon such review the Court may make any determination or give any direction which the Registrar may have made or given.
