Ordinance
No. 32 of 1921.
Enforce- ment in the Colony of judgments obtained in the United Kingdom.
Power to
judgments unenforce-
able in Hong
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(2) The said provisions shall apply in like manner to every part of His Majesty's dominions outside the United Kingdom to which, immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance, the Judgments (Facilities for Enforcement) Ordinance, 1921, applied, and to judgments obtained in the courts of such part of the said dominious, as if they had been applied to such part and to judgments given in the superior courts thereof by an order of the Governor in Council under section 3, and this Ordinance shall have effect accordingly.
(3) References in this section to His Majesty's dominions outside the United Kingdom shall be construed as including references to any territories which are under His Majesty's protection and to any territories in respect of which a mandate under the League of Nations has been accepted by His Majesty.
11. The foregoing provisions of this Ordinance relating to the enforcement of foreign judgments shall extend to judgments obtained in the superior courts of the United Kingdom in like manner as they extend to judgments obtained in the courts of foreign countries to which this Ordinance applies, and the said provisions shall apply accordingly, with the necessary modifications, as if they had been applied to the United Kingdom and to judgments given in the superior courts thereof by an order of the Governor in Council under section 3.
12.-(1) If it appears to the Governor in Council that make foreign the treatment in respect of recognition and enforcement accorded by the courts of any foreign country to judgments given in the Supreme Court of Hong Kong is substantially less favourable than that accorded by the Supreme Court to judgments of the superior courts of that country, the Governor in Council may by order in council apply this section to that country.
Kong if no reciprocity. 23 Goo. 5, c. 13, s. 9.
Issue of certificates of judgments obtained in Hong Kong, 23 Geo. 5. c. 13, s. 10.
Ordinance No. 3 of
1873.
(2) Except in so far as the Governor in Council may by order in council under this section otherwise direct, no proceedings shall be entertained in the Supreme Court for the recovery of any sum alleged to be payable under a judg- ment given in a court of a country to which this section applies.
(3) The Governor in Council may by a subsequent order in council vary or revoke any order previously made under this section.
13. Where a judgment under which a sum of money is payable, 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, has been entered in the Supreme Court against any person and the judgment creditor is desirous of enforcing the judgment in a foreign country to which this Ordinance applies, the court shall, on an application made by the judg- ment creditor and on payment of such fee as may be fixed for the purposes of this section under section 32 of the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873, issue to the judgment creditor a certified copy of the judgment, together with a certificate containing such particulars with respect to the action, including the causes of action, and the rate of interest, if any, payable on the sum payable under the judgment, as may be prescribed :