Section 3 of Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43: Judgments to which the Act applies

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act applies with respect to -
(a) a judgment or order of a designated court in civil proceedings whereby a sum of money is made payable, including an order for the payment of a lump sum as financial provision for, or maintenance of, a spouse or a former or reputed spouse or a child or other person who is or was a dependant of another;
(b) a judgment or order of a designated court in civil proceedings under which movable property is ordered to be delivered to any person, including an order for the delivery of movable property as part of a scheme for the provision for, or maintenance of, a spouse or a former or reputed spouse or a child or other person who is or was a dependant of another;
(c) a judgment or order of a designated court in criminal proceedings for the payment of a sum of money in respect of compensation or damage to an injured person or for the delivery of movable property by way of restitution to an injured person;(d) a judgment given in any court on appeal against a judgment or order of a designated court referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c);
(e) a judgment of a designated superior court for the costs of an appeal from a subordinate court, whether or not a designated court, or from an award referred to in paragraph (f); and
(f) an award in arbitration proceedings, if the award has, under the laws in force in the country where it was made, become enforceable in the same manner as a judgment given by a designated court in that country.
(2) This Act applies to a judgment referred to in subsection (1) if it -
(a) requires the judgment debtor to make an interim payment of a sum of money to the judgment creditor; or
(b) is final and conclusive as between the parties thereto, but a judgment is deemed to be final and conclusive notwithstanding that an appeal may be
pending against it, or that it may still be subject to appeal, in the courts of the country of the original court.
(3) This Act does not apply to a judgment or order -
(a) whereby a sum of money is payable or an item of movable property is deliverable in respect of taxes or other charges of a similar nature or in respect of a fine or other penalty;
(b) to the extent to which it provides for the payment of a sum of money by way of exemplary, punitive or multiple damages;
(c) for the periodical payment of money as financial provision for, or maintenance of, a spouse or a former or reputed spouse or a child or other person who is or was a dependant of the person against whom the order was made;
(d) in a matrimonial cause or matter, or determining rights in property arising out of a matrimonial relationship, not being a judgment referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1), whereby a sum of money is payable or item of movable property deliverable;
(e) in proceedings in connection with the custody or guardianship of children;
(f) in proceedings concerning the administration of the property or affairs of a person who is incompetent or incapable of managing and administering his property and affairs;
(g) in a matter of succession to, or administration of, estates of deceased persons whereby a sum of money is payable or movable property is deliverable;
(h) in a matter of social security or public assistance whereby a sum of money is payable by or to a public authority or fund;
(i) in bankruptcy proceedings or in proceedings for the winding-up or re-organization of a corporation or in proceedings for judicial arrangements, compositions or similar matters;
(j) in proceedings relating to damage, death or injury caused by occurrences involving nuclear matter or the emission of ionising radiation;
(k) of a designated court in any proceedings if -
(i) the bringing of those proceedings in that court was contrary to an agreement, or to an instrument in respect of which the proceedings were instituted, whereby the dispute, or the proceedings, were to be settled otherwise than in the courts of the reciprocating country; and
(ii) those proceedings were not brought in that court by, or with the agreement of, the person against whom the judgment was given;
(iii) that person did not counterclaim in the proceedings or otherwise submit to the jurisdiction of the court;
(l) which is regarded for the purposes of its enforcement as a judgment of a designated country but which was given in another country;
(m) given by a designated court in proceedings founded on a judgment of a court in another country and having as their object the enforcement of the latter judgment.