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Modification

Cap. 171, s. 15 · Revised Edition 2020

Where an Order is made under section 8 of this Act extending this Part to any part of Her Majesty’s dominions or other territory to which Part I extends, this Part shall, in relation to that part of Her Majesty’s dominions or other territory, have effect as if, (a) the expression “judgment” includes an award in proceedings on an arbitration if the award has, in pursuance of the law in force in the place where it was made, become enforceable 20 in the same manner as a judgment given by a court in that place; (b) the fact that a judgment was given before the coming into operation of the Order did not prevent it from being a judgment to which this Part applies, but the time limited for the registration of a judgment were, in the case of a judgment so given, twelve months from the date of the judgment or such longer period as may be allowed by the Superior Court of (c) any judgment registered in any of the said courts under Part I or any rules of the court or other provisions applicable to Part I had been done under this Part or the corresponding rules of court or other provisions applicable to this Part.
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