137. (1) Subject to rule 136(2), a substituted petitioner shall, as nearly as may be, stand in the same position and be subject to the same liabilities as the original petitioner.

(2) In case the court substitutes a petitioner under rule 136 and does not make a direction under paragraph (2) of that rule, or in case the court substitutes a petitioner under rule 136, the security required by section 21 in the case of a new petition, and subject to the like conditions, shall be given by the substituted petitioner, and in case such security is not so given, no further proceedings shall be had on the petition and the petition shall abate, but the abatement shall not affect the liability of any person (or of the estate of such person) for the payment of costs previously incurred.