(1) Where, at any stage of a suit, the court is :><1usfied,by affidavit or otherwise, that rhe defenL::mt or a plaintiff against whom a counter-claim has been lodged, with intent to obstruct or delay the e~ecution of any decree that may be passed against him: (a) is about to dispose of the whole or any. part of his 'property; or (b) is about to remove the whole or any part of his property from the local limits of the jurisdiction of the court, the court may direct the defendant, within a time to be fixed by it, either to furnish security, tn such sum as may be specified in the order, to produce and ptace at the disposal of the court, when required the said property or the value of the same, or such portion thereol as may be sufficient to satisfy the decree, or to appear and show cause why he should not furnisn security. (2) The plaintiff shall, unless the court otherwise. directs, specify the property required to be attached and the estimated value thereot (3) The court may also in the order direct the conditional attachment of the whole or any portion of the property so specified.