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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 2, 1934.
No. 73.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
The following Act of the Imperial Parliament is published for general information.
2nd February, 1934.
W. T. SOUTHORN,
Colonial Secretary.
Power to extend Part I of Act to foreign
ccuntries
giving reciprocal
treatment.
23 GEORGE V CHAPTER 39.
An Act to make provision for the enforcement in the United Kingdom of judgments given in foreign countries which accord reciprocal treatment to judgments given in the United Kingdom, for facilitating the enforcement in foreign countries of judgments given in the United Kingdom, and for other purposes in connection with the matters aforesaid.
13th April, 1933.
Be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:--
PART I.
Registration of Foreign Judgments.
1.-(1) His Majesty, if he is satisfied that, in the event of the benefits conferred by this Part of this Act being extended to judgments given in the superior courts of any foreign country, substantial reciprocity of treatment will be assured as respects the enforcement in that foreign country of judgments given in the superior courts of the United Kingdom, may by Order in Council direct-
(a) that this Part of this Act shall extend to that foreign country; and
(b) that such courts of that foreign country as are specified in the Order shall be deemed superior courts of that country for the purposes of this Part of this Act.
(2) Any judgment of a superior court of a foreign country to which this Part of this Act extends, other than a judgment of such a court given on appeal from a court which is not a superior court, shall be a judgment to which this Part of this Act applies, if
(a) it is final and conclusive as between the parties thereto; and
(b) there is payable thereunder a sum of money, not being a sum payable in respect of taxes or other charges of a like nature or in respect of a fine or other penalty; and
(c) it is given after the coming into operation of the Order in Council directing that this Part of this Act shall extend to that foreign country.
(3) For the purposes of this section, a judgment shall be deemed to be final and conclusive notwithstanding that an appeal may be pending against it, or that it may still be subject to appeal, in the courts of the country of the original
court.
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