Judgments (Facilities for Enforcement).
months after the date of the judgment, or such longer period as may be allowed by the Supreme Court, to have the judgment registered in the Supreme Court, and on any such application the Supreme Court may, if in all the circumstances of the case it thinks it just and convenient that the judgment should be enforced in the Colony, and subject to the provisions of this section, order the judgment to be registered accordingly.
(2) No judgment shall be ordered to be registered under this section if-
(a) the original court acted without jurisdiction; or (b) the judgment debtor, being a person who was
neither carrying on business nor ordinarily resident within the jurisdiction of the original court, did not voluntarily appear or otherwise submit or agree to submit to the jurisdiction of that court; or (c) the judgment debtor, being the defendant in the proceedings, was not duly served with the process of the original court and did not appear, notwithstanding that he was ordinarily resident or was carrying on business within the jurisdiction of that court or agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of that court; or
(d) the judgment was obtained by fraud; or (e) the judgment debtor satisfies the registering court
either that an appeal is pending, or that he is entitled and intends to appeal, against the judgment; or
(f) the judgment was in respect of a cause of action which for reasons of public policy or for some other similar reason could not have been entertained by the Supreme Court.
(3) Where a judgment is registered under this section- (a) the judgment shall, as from the date of registration,
be of the same force and effect, and proceedings may be taken thereon, as if it had been a judgment originally obtained on the date of registration in the Supreme Court;
(b) the Supreme Court shall have the same control and jurisdiction over the judgment as it has over similar
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Judgments (Facilities for Enforcement).
months after the date of the judgment, or such longer period as may be allowed by the Supreme Court, to have the judg- ment registered in the Supreme Court, and on any such application the Supreme Court may, if in all the circum- stances of the case it thinks it just and convenient that the judgment should be enforced in the Colony, and subject to the provisions of this section, order the judgment to be registered accordingly.
(2) No judgment shall be ordered to be registered under this section if-
(a) the original court acted without jurisdiction; or (b) the judgment debtor, being a person who was
neither carrying on business nor ordinarily resident within the jurisdiction of the original court, did not voluntarily appear or otherwise submit or agree to submit to the jurisdiction of that court; or (c) the judgment debtor, being the defendant in the proceedings, was not duly served with the process of the original court and did not appear, notwith- standing that he was ordinarily resident or was carrying on business within the jurisdiction of that court or agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of that court; or
(d) the judgment was obtained by fraud; or (e) the judgment debtor satisfies the registering court
either that an appeal is pending, or that he is entitled and intends to appeal, against the judg- ment; or
(f) the judgment was in respect of a cause of action which for reasons of public policy or for some other similar reason could not have been entertained by the Supreme Court.
(3) Where a judgment is registered under this section- (a) the judgment shall, as from the date of registration,
be of the same force and effect, and proceedings may be taken thereon, as if it had been a judgment originally obtained on the date of registration in the Supreme Court;
(b) the Supreme Court shall have the same control and jurisdiction over the judgment as it has over similar
293
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