Is there a legally mandated filing fee and/or deposit?
Malaysia
Answer
Yes, deposit
Source
SECOND SCHEDULE
[Subsection 42(1)]
ELECTION OFFENCES ACT 1954
Security by deposit of money
12. (2) The security required bythis rule shall be given by a deposit of money of not less than ten thousandringgit, and the Judge, in the course of the trial, may require the petitioner to deposit anadditional sum of money by way of security as the Judge
may think fit.
13.(1) The deposit of money by way of security for payment of costs, charges, and expensespayable by the petitioner shall be made by payment to the Registrar which shallbe vested in and drawn upon from time to time by the Chief Judge for the purposesfor which security is required by these Rules. A receipt shall be given by the Registrarfor the same.
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