FOREIGN JUDGEMENTS (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT) ORDINANCE - minor amendment

FOREIGN JUDGEMENTS (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT) ORDINANCE - minor amendment

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FOREIGN JUDGMENTS (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT)

The Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance is
amended-

(1)In section 2(1) by repealing the definition of 'judgment' and
substituting-

'judgment' means-

(a)a judgment or order given or made by a court in
any civil proceedings; or

(b)a judgment or order given or made by a court in
any criminal proceedings for the payment of a
sum of money in respect of compensation or
damages to an injured party,

but does not include a judgment which by virtue of
the Foreign Judgments (Restriction on Recognition
and Enforcement) Ordinance 1985 cannot be
recognized or enforced in Hong Kong; (Replaced 37
of 1985 s. 6)

(2) In section 6-

(a)in subsection (2)(a)(i) by repealing 'otherwise than for the
purpose of protecting, or obtaining the release of, property
seized, or threatened with seizure, in the proceedings or of
contesting the jurisdiction of that court';

(b) in subsection (3) by repealing paragraph (b).
37 of 1985 s. 6 37 of 1985 s. 6

37 of 1985 s. 6 37 of 1985 s. 6

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