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17. Any application under section 4 of the Ordinance for a certified copy Certified of a judgment obtained in the Supreme Court shall be made ex parte to the of Registrar of the Supreme Court on an affidavit made by the judgment creditor

judgment, or his solicitor giving the particulars of the judgment, and showing that the judgment debtor is resident in the United Kingdom or in some (stating what) part of His Majesty's Dominions outside the United Kingdom to which the Ordinance exteuds, and stating to the best of his information and belief the title, trade, business or occupation of the judgment creditor and judgment debtor respectively and their respective usual or last known places of abode or business.

18. The certified copy of the judgment shall be sealed with the seal of Form of cer the Supreme Court and shall be certified by the Registrar:-

tified copy of judgment.

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"I certify that the above copy judgment is a true copy of a 'judgment obtained in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in its Original Jurisdiction and this copy is issued in accordance with section 4 of the Judgments (Facilities for Enforcement) Ordinance, 1921.”

(Signed)..

Registrar of the Supreme Court of Hongkong.

19. The fees payable in respect of all proceedings relating to the registra- Fees tion and enforcement of judgments under the Ordinance shall be the same as those payable from time to time in respect of proceedings of a similar nature in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in its Original Jurisdiction.

of foreign

20. A judgment debt in any currency other than Hongkong currency Conversion shall, for purposes of collection in Hongkong, be converted into Hongkong currency into currency as on the date of the registration of the judgment. The rate of con- Hongkong version shall be fixed by the Registrar of the Supreme Court whose decision currency shall be final.

21. These rules may be cited as the judgments (Facilities Citation for En- forcement) Rules, 1923.

Chief Justice.

Hongkong, the

Supreme Court,

day of

1023,

Approved by the Legislative Council, this

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

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1923,

day of

1923,

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Clerk of Councils.

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