RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT ACT
APPLICATION EXTENDED [Per United Association.] WELLINGTON, December 21. - ' The first extension of the Reciprocal Enforcement Judgment Act, 1934, to foreign countries is made in the regulations issued with to-uight’s Gazette. The countries with which New Zealand now has provision for reciprocal registering of judgments as the result of the extension are France and Belgium, The Act, when passed in 1934, applied to Britain, but contained the proviso that it could be extended to any foreign country following the signing of the requisite convention, The general effect of the extended Act is that it entitles an applicant, without suing, to register a judgment in the courts in Britain, France, and Belgium which will enforce it.
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Evening Star, Issue 23147, 22 December 1938, Page 16
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117RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT ACT Evening Star, Issue 23147, 22 December 1938, Page 16
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