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FOREIGN JUDGMENTS ACT 1973 - NOTES

- As at 1 June 2005 - Act 39 of 1973

Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1973

Note:

The Act is to be repealed on the commencement of Sch 4 to the Civil Procedure Act 2005 No 28.

Reprint history:

Reprint No x   23 August 1990  

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am amended No number Schs Schedules
Cl clause p page Sec section
Cll clauses pp pages Secs sections
Div Division Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision
Divs Divisions Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions
GG Government Gazette Rep repealed Subst substituted
Ins inserted Sch Schedule
Orders made pursuant to sec 5 (3):

Countries Courts Gazette references
Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta.
Court of Appeal of Alberta.
Supreme Court of Canada.		 No 165 of 23 October 1987.
Anguilla Eastern Carribean Supreme Court. No 83 of 22 May 1987.
Antigua and Barbuda Court of Appeal; High Court of Justice (both being Supreme Courts of the West Indies Associated States Supreme Court). No 83 of 22 May 1987.
Bahamas Court of Appeal.
Supreme Court.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Belize Supreme Court. No 90 of 9 July 1976.
Bermuda Court of Appeal.
Supreme Court.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
British Columbia Supreme Court of Canada.
Court of Appeal for British Columbia.
Supreme Court of British Columbia.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
British Solomon Islands Protectorate. Fiji Court of Appeal.
High Court of Western Pacific.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
British Virgin Islands West Indies Associated States Supreme Court. No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Cayman Islands Grand Court. No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Cook Islands Court of Appeal of New Zealand.
Supreme Court of New Zealand.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Dominica West Indies Associated States Supreme Court. No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Falkland Islands and Dependencies (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Group). Court of Appeal.
Supreme Court.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Federal Republic of Germany. Bayerische Oberste Landesgericht.
Bundesgerichtshof.
Landgerichte.
Oberlandesgerichte.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
France Cour de Cassation.
Cours d’Appel.
Tribunaux de grande instance.
Tribunaux de commerce, and in the case of judgments for the payment of compensation to injured parties in criminal proceedings, Cours d’assise and Tribunaux correctionnels.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Gambia Court of Appeal.
Supreme Court.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Ghana Supreme Court.
Court of Appeal.
High Court of Justice.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Gibraltar Supreme Court.
Court of Appeal.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975 (as varied by No 12 of 27 January 1984).
Grenada Supreme Court of Grenada (consisting of the High Court and the Court of Appeal). No 165 of 23 October 1987.
Guyana Court of Appeal.
High Court.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Hong Kong Supreme Court. No 57 of 18 April 1975.
India Supreme Court, High Court and Judicial Commissioner Courts.
District Courts.
Civil Courts of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Israel Supreme Court.
District Courts.
Rabbinical Courts.
Moslem Religious Courts.
Christian Religious Courts.
Druze Religious Courts.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Italy Corte Supreme di Cassazione.
Corte di Assise.
Corte d’Appello.
Tribunale.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Jamaica Court of Appeal.
Supreme Court.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Japan Supreme Court.
High Courts.
District Courts.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Kenya Supreme Court. No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal.
High Court.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Malaysia Federal Courts.
High Courts in Malaya and Borneo.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Manitoba Supreme Court of Canada.
Court of Appeal for Manitoba.
Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench for Manitoba.
County Courts.		 No 165 of 23 October 1987.
Montserrat Eastern Carribean Supreme Court (consisting of the High Court and the Court of Appeal). No 165 of 23 October 1987.
Newfoundland and Labrador. Supreme Court of Canada.
Supreme Court of Newfoundland.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
New Zealand Court of Appeal.
Supreme Court.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Niue Court of Appeal of New Zealand.
Supreme Court of New Zealand.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Pakistan Supreme Court.
High Court for the Province of West Pakistan.
District Courts.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Papua New Guinea National Court of Justice; Supreme Court of Justice. No 90 of 9 July 1976.
Republic of Fiji Supreme Court of Fiji; Fiji Court of Appeal; High Court No 59 of 12 May 1989.
Republic of Korea Supreme Court.
Appellate Court.
District Court (Collegiate, Single and Appellate Divisions).		 No 142 of 14 October 1983.
Republic of Nauru Supreme Court. No 172 of 18 November 1988.
Republic of Seychelles Court of Appeal.
Supreme Court.		 No 165 of 23 October 1987.
St Christopher, Nevis, Anguilla. Court of Appeal.
High Court of Justice (both being Superior Courts of the West Indies Associated States Supreme Court).		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
St Helena (with Ascension and Tristan da Cunha). Supreme Court. No 57 of 18 April 1975.
St Lucia West Indies Associated States Supreme Court. No 57 of 18 April 1975.
St Vincent and the Grenadines Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (consisting of the High Court and the Court of Appeal). No 165 of 23 October 1987.
Saskatchewan Supreme Court of Canada.
Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan.
Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Sierra Leone Supreme Court.
Appeal Court.
High Court.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Singapore High Court. No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Sri Lanka Supreme Court.
District Courts.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Tuvala High Court. No 183 of 28 November 1986.
Tonga Supreme Court.
Privy Council Appeal Court.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975 (as varied by No 84 of 29 July 1977).
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. House of Lords.
Her Majesty’s Court of Appeal.
Her Majesty’s Court of Justice.
Her Majesty’s Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland.
Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland.
Court of Session in Scotland.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Western Samoa Supreme Court.
Court of Appeal.		 No 57 of 18 April 1975 (as varied by No 84 of 29 July 1977).
This Act is reprinted with the omission of an amending provision authorised to be omitted under sec 6 of the Reprints Act 1972.

Table of amending instruments

Foreign Judgments Act 1973 No 39 (formerly Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1973). Assented to 8.5.1973. Date of commencement, 2.5.1975, sec 2 and GG No 57 of 18.4.1975, p 1432. This Act has been amended as follows:

1973 No 36 Arbitration (Foreign Awards and Agreements) Act 1973. Assented to 8.5.1973.
Date of commencement: no day was appointed and the Act was repealed by the Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 No 160.
1981 No 27 Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Amendment Act 1981. Assented to 14.5.1981.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.1982, sec 2 (2) and GG No 85 of 25.6.1982, p 2826.
1984 No 163 Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) (Commercial Arbitration) Amendment Act 1984. Assented to 14.12.1984.
Date of commencement, secs 1 and 2 excepted, 1.5.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 73 of 26.4.1985, p 1798.
1985 No 231 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1985. Assented to 18.12.1985.
1988 No 65 Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Amendment Act 1988. Assented to 21.11.1988.
Date of commencement, 19.2.1989, sec 2 and GG No 23 of 17.2.1989, p 1057.
1994 No 95 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994. Assented to 12.12.1994.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994.

Long title Am 1988 No 65, Sch 1 (1).
Sec 1 Am 1988 No 65, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 3 Rep 1988 No 65, Sch 1 (3).
Sec 4 Am 1981 No 27, Sch 1 (1); 1984 No 163, sec 3; 1985 No 231, Sch 31.
Sec 5 Am 1981 No 27, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 6 Am 1981 No 27, Sch 1 (3).
Sec 8 Am 1988 No 65, Sch 1 (4).
Sec 13 Am 1981 No 27, Sch 1 (4).
Sec 16 Subst 1981 No 27, Sch 1 (5).
Part 4 (sec 18) Ins 1988 No 65, Sch 1 (5).


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