s.5Rules of Court
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Section 5Part 2 — Registration of Foreign Judgments

Rules of Court

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The power to make Rules under section 19 of the Grand Court Law (1995 Revision) shall, subject to this section, include power to make rules —
providing for the giving of security for costs persons applying for the registration of judgments;
prescribing the matters to be proved on an application for the registration of a judgment and for regulating the mode of proving those matters;
providing for the service on the judgment debtor of notice of the registration of a judgment;
providing for the fixing of the period within which an application may be made to have the registration of the judgment set aside and to the extension of the period so fixed;
prescribing the method by which any question arising under this Law whether a foreign judgment can be enforced by execution in the country of the original court, or what interest is payable under a foreign judgment under the law of the original court, is to be determined; and
prescribing any matter which under this Part is to be prescribed.
Rules made for the purposes of this Part shall be expressed to have, and shall have effect subject to any such provisions contained in orders made under section 3 as are declared by the said orders to be necessary for giving effect to agreements made between Her Majesty and foreign countries in relation to matters with respect to which there is power to make Rules for the purposes of this Part.

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