Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43▤
Repeal and transitional provisions
(1) Spent (2) A judgment registered in the High Court under the repealed Act before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed t…
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Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43▤
Recognition of certain foreign judgments
(1) Subject to this section, a judgment of a designated court shall be recognised in any court in Kenya as conclusive between the…
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Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43▤
Exclusion of certain proceedings
(1) No proceedings, other than proceedings by way of a judgment or by way of execution of a judgment so registered, shall be enter…
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Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43▤
Certificates
(1) Subject to this section, where a judgment under which a sum of money is payable or item of movable property is deliverable has…
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Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43▤
Rules of court
The Chief Justice may make rules of court prescribing any matters necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act and, without…
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Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43▤
Special provision with respect to non-Commonwealth countries
The Cabinet Secretary may, in order to give effect to an agreement between Kenya and any country, other than a Commonwealth countr…
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Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43▤
Extension of Act
(1) Where the Cabinet Secretary is satisfied that provisions which are substantially reciprocal will be or have been made by a cou…
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Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43▤
Effect of setting aside in certain cases
(1) Where the registration of a judgment is set aside - (a) under section 11; or (b) solely for the reason that the judgment was n…
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Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43▤
Effect of appeals, etc.
(1) An application may be made by or on behalf of the judgment debtor to set aside the registration of a judgment on the ground th…
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Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43▤
Setting aside
(1) Where a judgment has been registered under this Act an application may be made by the judgment debtor that the judgment be set…
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Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43▤
Garnishee orders
(1) At the time of, or at any time subsequent to, making an application for registration under section 5, the applicant may apply…
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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…
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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 curren…
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Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43▤
Registration
(1) Where, on an application under section 5(1), the High Court is satisfied as to the proof of matters required by this Act and a…
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Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43▤
Application
(1) Where a judgment to which this Act applies has been given in a designated court, the judgment creditor may apply to the High C…
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Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43▤
Jurisdiction
(1) In proceedings in which it is necessary for the purposes of this Act to determine whether a court of another country had juris…
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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…
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Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43▤
Interpretation
(1) For the purposes of this Act - "appeal" means proceedings by way of application for the discharge or setting aside of a judgme…
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Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act CAP 43▤
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act.
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