FOREIGN JUDGMENTS (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT) ORDER

FOREIGN JUDGMENTS (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT) ORDER

FOREIGN JUDGMENTS (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT)

ORDER

(Cap .319, section 3(1))

[4 October 1968.]


WHEREAS

(a)by section ion 3 of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal
Enforcement) Ordinance it is provided that the Governor in
Council, if he is satisfied that, in the event of the benefits
conferred by the Ordinance 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 Hong Kong. may by order direct that
the provisions of the Ordinance shall extend to that foreign
country and 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 the Ordinance; and

(b)by section 9 of the Ordinance, it is provided that the Governor
in Council may by order direct that the provisions of the
Ordinance shall apply to any part of the Commonwealth and
to judgments obtained in the superior courts of such part, as
they apply to foreign countries and judgments obtained in the
superior courts of foreign countries:

AND WHEREAS in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9, the
Governor in Council has by the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal
Enforcement) (Application to the Commonwealth) Order, directed
that the provisions of the Ordinance shall apply to every part of
the Commonwealth and to judgments obtained in the superior
courts of any such part:

AND WHEREAS--

(a)the Governor in Council is satisfied that, the benefits
conferred by the Ordinance having been extended. or in the
event of their being extended, to judgments given in the
superior courts of each part of the Commonwealth specified in
the First Schedule hereto, substantial reciproc

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(b)the Governor in Council is satisfied that, the benefits
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superior courts of each of the foreign countries specified in
the Second Schedule hereto, substantial reciprocity of
treatment has been or will be assured as respects the
enforcement in each such country of judgments given in the
superior courts of Hong Kong:

1. This order may be cited as the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal
Enforcement) Order.

2. The provisions of the Ordinance shall extend to each of the parts
of the Commonwealth as are specified in the First Schedule.

3. The provisions of the Ordinance shall extend to judgments given
in the superior courts of any of the countries specified in the Second
Schedule.

4. For the purposes of the Ordinance, courts in each part of the
Commonwealth specified in the First Schedule and in each country
specified in the Second Schedule which have unlimited
jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters shall be deemed to be superior courts.


FIRST SCHEDULE [paras. 2 & 4.]

1 . The following States and Territories of Australia-

Australian Capital Territory.
New South Wales.
Northern Territory.
Queensland.
South Australia.
Tasmania.
Victoria.
Western Australia.

2. Bermuda.

3. Brunei.

4. Ceylon.

5. India.

6. Malaysia.

7. New Zealand

8. Pakistan.

9. Singapore.

SECOND SCHEDULE [paras. 3 & 4.]

1. Belgium.

2. France.

3. Federal Republic of Germany.

4. Republic of Italy.

5. Republic of Austria.

6. Kingdom of the Netherlands.

7. Israel.
L.N. 101/68. L.N. 17/73. L.N. 145/73. L.N. 249/75. L.N. 262/77. L.N. 120/78. L.N. 169/78. L.N. 72/79. Preamble. (Cap. 319.) (Cap. 319. Sub. leg.) First Schedule. Second Schedule. Citation. Extension of Ordinance to Commonwealth countries. First Schedule. Extension of Ordinance to foreign countries. Second Schedule. Superior courts. First Schedule. Second Schedule. L.N. 17/73. L.N. 249/75. L.N. 249/75. L.N. 145/73. L.N. 262/77. L.N. 120/78. L.N. 169/78. L.N. 72/79.

L.N. 101/68. L.N. 17/73. L.N. 145/73. L.N. 249/75. L.N. 262/77. L.N. 120/78. L.N. 169/78. L.N. 72/79. Preamble. (Cap. 319.) (Cap. 319. Sub. leg.) First Schedule. Second Schedule. Citation. Extension of Ordinance to Commonwealth countries. First Schedule. Extension of Ordinance to foreign countries. Second Schedule. Superior courts. First Schedule. Second Schedule. L.N. 17/73. L.N. 249/75. L.N. 249/75. L.N. 145/73. L.N. 262/77. L.N. 120/78. L.N. 169/78. L.N. 72/79.

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