Foreign Judgments Act 1973 No 39

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Effective date	Publication date	Amendments included	Notes
12 December 1994	12 December 1994	1994 No 95

Foreign Judgments Act 1973 No 39

Assented to 08.05.1973.

Previously Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1973.

Date of commencement, 2.5.1975, sec 2 and GG No 57 of 18.4.1975, p 1432.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994 No 95

Assented to 12.12.1994.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2.

Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Amendment Act 1988 No 65

Assented to 21.11.1988.

Date of commencement, 19.2.1989, sec 2 and GG No 23 of 17.2.1989, p 1057.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1985 No 231

Assented to 18.12.1985.

Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) (Commercial Arbitration) Amendment Act 1984 No 163

Assented to 14.12.1984.

Date of commencement, secs 1 and 2 excepted, 1.5.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 73 of 26.4.1985, p 1798.

Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Amendment Act 1981 No 27

Assented to 14.05.1981.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.1982, sec 2 (2) and GG No 85 of 25.6.1982, p 2826.

Arbitration (Foreign Awards and Agreements) Act 1973 No 36

Assented to 08.05.1973.

Date of commencement: no day was appointed and the Act was repealed by the Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 No 160.

Miscellaneous notes

Orders made pursuant to sec 5 (3):

Countries	Courts	Gazette references
Alberta	Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta. Court of Appeal of Alberta. Supreme Court of Canada.	No 165 of 23 October 1987.
Anguilla	Eastern Carribean Supreme Court.	No 83 of 22 May 1987.
Antigua and Barbuda	Court of Appeal; High Court of Justice (both being Supreme Courts of the West Indies Associated States Supreme Court).	No 83 of 22 May 1987.
Bahamas	Court of Appeal. Supreme Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Belize	Supreme Court.	No 90 of 9 July 1976.
Bermuda	Court of Appeal. Supreme Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
British Columbia	Supreme Court of Canada. Court of Appeal for British Columbia. Supreme Court of British Columbia.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
British Solomon Islands Protectorate.	Fiji Court of Appeal. High Court of Western Pacific.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
British Virgin Islands	West Indies Associated States Supreme Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Cayman Islands	Grand Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Cook Islands	Court of Appeal of New Zealand. Supreme Court of New Zealand.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Dominica	West Indies Associated States Supreme Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Falkland Islands and Dependencies (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Group).	Court of Appeal. Supreme Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Federal Republic of Germany.	Bayerische Oberste Landesgericht. Bundesgerichtshof. Landgerichte. Oberlandesgerichte.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
France	Cour de Cassation. Cours d’Appel. Tribunaux de grande instance. Tribunaux de commerce, and in the case of judgments for the payment of compensation to injured parties in criminal proceedings, Cours d’assise and Tribunaux correctionnels.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Gambia	Court of Appeal. Supreme Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Ghana	Supreme Court. Court of Appeal. High Court of Justice.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Gibraltar	Supreme Court. Court of Appeal.	No 57 of 18 April 1975 (as varied by No 12 of 27 January 1984).
Grenada	Supreme Court of Grenada (consisting of the High Court and the Court of Appeal).	No 165 of 23 October 1987.
Guyana	Court of Appeal. High Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Hong Kong	Supreme Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
India	Supreme Court, High Court and Judicial Commissioner Courts. District Courts. Civil Courts of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Israel	Supreme Court. District Courts. Rabbinical Courts. Moslem Religious Courts. Christian Religious Courts. Druze Religious Courts.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Italy	Corte Supreme di Cassazione. Corte di Assise. Corte d’Appello. Tribunale.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Jamaica	Court of Appeal. Supreme Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Japan	Supreme Court. High Courts. District Courts.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Kenya	Supreme Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Malawi	Supreme Court of Appeal. High Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Malaysia	Federal Courts. High Courts in Malaya and Borneo.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Manitoba	Supreme Court of Canada. Court of Appeal for Manitoba. Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench for Manitoba. County Courts.	No 165 of 23 October 1987.
Montserrat	Eastern Carribean Supreme Court (consisting of the High Court and the Court of Appeal).	No 165 of 23 October 1987.
Newfoundland and Labrador.	Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Court of Newfoundland.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
New Zealand	Court of Appeal. Supreme Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Niue	Court of Appeal of New Zealand. Supreme Court of New Zealand.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Pakistan	Supreme Court. High Court for the Province of West Pakistan. District Courts.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Papua New Guinea	National Court of Justice; Supreme Court of Justice.	No 90 of 9 July 1976.
Republic of Fiji	Supreme Court of Fiji; Fiji Court of Appeal; High Court	No 59 of 12 May 1989.
Republic of Korea	Supreme Court. Appellate Court. District Court (Collegiate, Single and Appellate Divisions).	No 142 of 14 October 1983.
Republic of Nauru	Supreme Court.	No 172 of 18 November 1988.
Republic of Seychelles	Court of Appeal. Supreme Court.	No 165 of 23 October 1987.
St Christopher, Nevis, Anguilla.	Court of Appeal. High Court of Justice (both being Superior Courts of the West Indies Associated States Supreme Court).	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
St Helena (with Ascension and Tristan da Cunha).	Supreme Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
St Lucia	West Indies Associated States Supreme Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
St Vincent and the Grenadines	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (consisting of the High Court and the Court of Appeal).	No 165 of 23 October 1987.
Saskatchewan	Supreme Court of Canada. Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan. Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Sierra Leone	Supreme Court. Appeal Court. High Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Singapore	High Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Sri Lanka	Supreme Court. District Courts.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Tuvala	High Court.	No 183 of 28 November 1986.
Tonga	Supreme Court. Privy Council Appeal Court.	No 57 of 18 April 1975 (as varied by No 84 of 29 July 1977).
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.	House of Lords. Her Majesty’s Court of Appeal. Her Majesty’s Court of Justice. Her Majesty’s Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland. Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland. Court of Session in Scotland.	No 57 of 18 April 1975.
Western Samoa	Supreme Court. Court of Appeal.	No 57 of 18 April 1975 (as varied by No 84 of 29 July 1977).

This Act is reprinted with the omission of an amending provision authorised to be omitted under sec 6 of the Reprints Act 1972.

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No reference is made to certain amendments made by Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994.

Long title	Am 1988 No 65, Sch 1 (1).
Sec 1	Am 1988 No 65, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 3	Rep 1988 No 65, Sch 1 (3).
Sec 4	Am 1981 No 27, Sch 1 (1); 1984 No 163, sec 3; 1985 No 231, Sch 31.
Sec 5	Am 1981 No 27, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 6	Am 1981 No 27, Sch 1 (3).
Sec 8	Am 1988 No 65, Sch 1 (4).
Sec 13	Am 1981 No 27, Sch 1 (4).
Sec 16	Subst 1981 No 27, Sch 1 (5).
Part 4 (sec 18)	Ins 1988 No 65, Sch 1 (5).

Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Bill 1973

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Assent: 08 May 1973	1973 No 39

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Foreign Judgments Act 1973 No 39

Table of versions

Original legislation

Foreign Judgments Act 1973 No 39

Amending legislation

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994 No 95

Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Amendment Act 1988 No 65

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1985 No 231

Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) (Commercial Arbitration) Amendment Act 1984 No 163

Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Amendment Act 1981 No 27

Arbitration (Foreign Awards and Agreements) Act 1973 No 36

Miscellaneous notes

History notes

Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Bill 1973