Hong Kong Regulations

FOREIGN JUDGMENTS (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT) ORDER - PREAMBLE

Preamble

WHEREAS-

   (a)  by section 3 of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) 
        Ordinance ( Cap 319) it is provided that the Governor in Council, if
        he is satisfied that, in the event of the benefits conferred by the
        Ordinance being extended to judgments given in the superior courts of
        any foreign country, substantial reciprocity of treatment will be
        assured as respects the enforcement in that foreign country of
        judgments given in the superior courts of Hong Kong, may by order
        direct that the provisions of the Ordinance shall extend to that
        foreign country and that such courts of that foreign country as are
        specified in the order shall be deemed superior courts of that country
        for the purposes of the Ordinance; and

   (b)  by section 9 of the Ordinance, it is provided that the Governor in
        Council may by order direct that the provisions of the Ordinance shall
        apply to any part of the Commonwealth and to judgments obtained in the
        superior courts of such part, as they apply to foreign countries and
        judgments obtained in the superior courts of foreign countries: AND
        WHEREAS in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9, the Governor
        in Council has by the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal
        Enforcement)(Application to the Commonwealth) Order (Cap 319 sub.
        leg.), directed that the provisions of the Ordinance shall apply to
        every part of the Commonwealth and to judgments obtained in the
        superior courts of any such part: AND WHEREAS-

   (a)  the Governor in Council is satisfied that, the benefits conferred by
        the Ordinance having been extended, or in the event of their being
        extended, to judgments given in the superior courts of each part of
        the Commonwealth specified in the First Schedule hereto, substantial
        reciprocity of treatment has been or will be assured as respects the
        enforcement in each such part of judgments given in the superior
        courts of Hong Kong; and

   (b)  the Governor in Council is satisfied that, the benefits conferred by
        the Ordinance having been extended, or in the event of their being
        extended, to judgments given in the superior courts of each of the
        foreign countries specified in the Second Schedule hereto, substantial
        reciprocity of treatment has been or will be assured as respects the
        enforcement in each such country of judgments given in the superior
        courts of Hong Kong: