Section 7 of Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43: Currency in which judgments payable

(1) Where a sum payable under a judgment which is to be registered under this Act is expressed in a currency other than the currency of Kenya, the judgment may be registered as a judgment for a sum payable in such sums in Kenya currency as are equivalent thereto on the basis of the rate of exchange prevailing at the time of registration.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a written certificate purporting to be signed by an officer of any bank in Kenya certifying that a specified rate of exchange prevailed between currencies on a certain date shall be prima facie evidence of the rate of exchange so prevailing on that date.

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