Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “Commonwealth country” has the meaning assigned to it in the Interpretation Act, Cap. 1; “judgment” means any judgment or order given or made by a court in any civil proceedings, whereby any sum of money is made payable, and 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 in the same manner as a judgment given by a court in that place; “judgment-creditor” means the person by whom the judgment was obtained, and includes the successors and assigns of that person; “judgment-debtor” means the person against whom the judgment was given, and includes any person against whom the judgment is enforceable in the place where it was given; 6 “original court”, in relation to any judgment, means the court by which the judgment was given; “registering court”, in relation to any judgment, means the court by which the judgment was registered. (2) Subject to rules of court, any of the powers conferred by this Part may be exercised by any judge appointed under the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, Cap. 91.