CAP. 319]
Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement)
[1981 Ed.
J
Application for, and effect of, registration of foreign judgments.
[cf. 1933 c. 13, s. 2.]
pending against it, or that it may still be subject to appeal, in the courts of the country of the original court.
(4) The Governor in Council may by a subsequent order vary or revoke any order previously made under this section.
4. (1) A person, being a judgment creditor under a judgment to which the provisions of this Ordinance apply, may apply to the High Court at any time within 6 years after the date of the judgment, or, where there have been proceedings by way of appeal against the judgment, after the date of the last judgment given in those proceedings, to have the judgment registered in the High Court, and on any such application the court shall, subject to proof of the prescribed matters and to the other provisions of this Ordinance, order the judgment to be registered:
Provided that a judgment shall not be registered if at the date of the application—
(a) it has been wholly satisfied; or
(b) it could not be enforced by execution in the country of the original court.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance with respect to the setting aside of registration—
(a) a registered judgment shall, for the purposes of execution, be of the same force and effect; and
(b) proceedings may be taken on a registered judgment; and
(c) the sum for which a judgment is registered shall carry interest; and
(d) the registering court shall have the same control over the execution of a registered judgment,
as if the judgment had been a judgment originally given in the registering court and entered on the day of registration:
Provided that the execution shall not issue on the judgment so long as, under the provisions of this Ordinance and any prescribed rules, it is competent for any party to make an application to have the registration of the judgment set aside, or, where such an application is made, until after the application has been finally determined.
(3) Where the sum payable under a judgment which is to be registered is expressed in a currency other than the currency of the Colony, the judgment shall be registered as if it were a judgment for such sum in the currency of the Colony as, on the basis of the rate of exchange prevailing at the date of registration, is equivalent to the sum so payable. (Amended, 8 of 1981, s. 2)
(4) If at the date of the application for registration the judgment of the original court has been partly satisfied, the judgment
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CAP. 319]
Foreign Judgments ( Reciprocal Enforcement)
[1981 Ed.
J
Application for. and effect of, registration of foreign judgments.
[cf. 1933 c. 13. s. 2.]
pending against it, or that it may still be subject to appeal, in the courts of the country of the original court.
(4) The Governor in Council may by a subsequent order vary or revoke any order previously made under this section.
4. (1) A person, being a judgment creditor under a judgment to which the provisions of this Ordinance apply, may apply to the High Court at any time within 6 years after the date of the judgment, or, where there have been proceedings by way of appeal against the judgment, after the date of the last judgment given in those proceedings, to have the judgment registered in the High Court, and on any such application the court shall, subject to proof of the prescribed matters and to the other provisions of this Ordinance, order the judgment to be registered:
Provided that a judgment shall not be registered if at the date of the application—
(a) it has been wholly satisfied; or
(b) it could not be enforced by execution in the country of the
original court.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance with respect to the setting aside of registration-
(a) a registered judgment shall, for the purposes of execution,
be of the same force and effect; and
(b) proceedings may be taken on a registered judgment; and (c) the sum for which a judgment is registered shall carry
interest; and
(d) the registering court shall have the same control over the
execution of a registered judgment,
as if the judgment had been a judgment originally given in the registering court and entered on the day of registration:
Provided that the execution shall not issue on the judgment so long as, under the provisions of this Ordinance and any prescribed rules, it is competent for any party to make an application to have the registration of the judgment set aside, or, where such an application is made, until after the application has been finally determined.
(3) Where the sum payable under a judgment which is to be registered is expressed in a currency other than the currency of the Colony, the judgment shall be registered as if it were a judgment for such sum in the currency of the Colony as, on the basis of the rate of exchange prevailing at the date of registration, is equivalent to the sum so payable. (Amended, 8 of 1981, s. 2)
(4) If at the date of the application for registration the judgment of the original court has been partly satisfied, the judgment
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