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RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS ACT.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

   Section

   1.   Interpretation.

   2.   Enforcement of judgments obtained in superior courts in the United Kingdom or Ireland.

   3.   Issue of certificates of judgments obtained in Uganda.

   4.   Power to make rules.

   5.   Power to apply this Act to Commonwealth countries outside the United Kingdom.

CHAPTER 21
THE RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS ACT.

Commencement: 22 March, 1922.

   An Act for the enforcement in Uganda of judgments made in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries and the Republic of Ireland.

1.   Interpretation.

   (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

   (a)   "judgment" means any judgment or order given or made by a court in any civil proceedings, whether before or after the passing of this Act, by which any sum of money is made payable, and includes an award in proceedings on an arbitration if the award has, in pursuance of the law in force in the place where it was made, become enforceable in the same manner as a judgment given by a court in that place;

   (b)   "judgment creditor" means the person by whom the judgment was obtained, and includes the successors and assigns of that person;

   (c)   "judgment debtor" means the person against whom the judgment was given, and includes any person ag