24. Whenever any judicial surety or any surety of a public officer, or a tutor, curator or other administrator is desirous of paying over the amount of his suretyship or the balance of his account lawfully rendered, he may deposit such amount with the Minister of Finance under this Act, and, upon the production of the deposit receipt, he shall not be liable to the costs of any proceedings thereafter taken against him with respect to such suretyship or such balance of account.
R. S. 1964, c. 64, s. 73; 1970, c. 17, s. 90; 1989, c. 54, s. 167.