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TO ROUTINE ISLAMABAD
TELNO 834
OF 22180OZ NOVEMBER 89
HKB 011/2
AND TO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 002 TO HONG KONG, AND HONG KONG TELNO 3656: FOREIGN JUDGMENT (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1988
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE CLARIFICATION GIVEN IN FIRST TUR. WE ASSUME THAT THE LEGISLATION REFERRED TO IN PARAS 1 AND 2 OF FIRST TUR DOES NOT COVER HONG KONG JUDGMENTS BUT BEFORE CONSIDERING OUR ADVICE TO HONG KONG, WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD CHECK WITH THE PAKISTANI AUTHORITIES.
2. WE CONFIRM THAT HONG KONG HIGH COURT JUDGMENTS ARE NOT/NOT REGARDED AS JUDGMENTS OF THE HIGH COURT OF ENGLAND (PARA 3 OF
TUR).
3. IF HONG KONG JUDGMENTS ARE NOT AT PRESENT COVERED BY THE PAKISTANI LEGISLATION, AN ALTERNATIVE COURSE OF ACTION TO THE DELETION OF PAKISTAN FROM THE HONG KONG ORDER WOULD BE TO SEEK TO PERSUADE THE PAKISTANI AUTHORITIES TO AMEND THEIR LEGISLATION TO COVER THEM. GRATEFUL FOR HONG KONG'S ADVICE AS TO WHETHER YOU WISH US TO PURSUE THIS, AND FOR ISLAMABAD'S ADVICE ON FEASIBILITY AND TIMESCALE.
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