Section 8 of Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43: Effect of registration of judgments

(1) Subject to this Act, a registered judgment shall, for the purposes of execution, be of the same force and effect as a judgment of the High Court entered at the date of registration.
(2) Subject to this Act, where a judgment for the payment of any monetary sum is registered, the following sums may be recovered upon the registered judgment -
(a) the amount remaining payable under the judgment, including interest and any costs awarded to the judgment creditor, at the date of registration;
(b) interest from the date of registration on that amount, excluding interest and costs referred to in paragraph (a), calculated at the rate applicable to a judgment of the High Court; and
(c) any reasonable costs awarded by the High Court in respect of registration, including the costs of obtaining a certificate or exemplification, or copy of a judgment or a translation thereof, for the purposes of section 5(4).
(3) Subject to this Act, where a judgment for the delivery of movable property is registered, the following sums may also be recovered upon the registered judgment -
(a) any costs awarded to the judgment creditor remaining payable at the date of registration;
(b) any reasonable costs awarded by the High Court in respect of registration, including the costs of obtaining a certificate or exemplification, or copy of a judgment or a translation thereof, for the purposes of section 5(4).
(4) Unless the High Court otherwise orders, execution upon a registered judgment shall be stayed -
(a) in the case of an application made ex parte, until the expiration of fourteen days from the date on which the judgment debtor is served with a notice of registration under section 5(3) or such extended period as the court may order; or
(b) where an application that the registration be set aside is made under section 10 or section 11, until the application is finally determined.

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