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Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador 2019


CHAPTER 25

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENFORCEMENT OF CANADIAN JUDGMENTS ACT

(Assented to December 6, 2019)

Analysis


        1.   S.2 Amdt.
Definitions

        2.   S.3 Amdt.
Right to register judgment

        3.   S.4 Amdt.
Procedure for registering judgment

        4.   S.5 Amdt.
Effect of registration

        5.   S.7 Amdt.
Power to stay or limit enforcement of registered judgment

        6.   S.8 Amdt.
Interest on registered judgment

        7.   S.9 Amdt.
Recovery of registration costs


Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2000 cE-11.1
as amended

        1. Paragraph 2(a) of the Enforcement of Canadian Judgments Act is repealed and the following substituted:

             (a)  "Canadian judgment" means

                      (i)   a final judgment or order made in a civil proceeding by a superior court of a province or territory of Canada other than the province, and

                     (ii)  a final order that is made in the exercise of a judicial function by a tribunal of a province or territory of Canada other than the province and that is enforceable as a judgment of the superior court of the province or territory where the order was made;

 

        2. Subsection 3(2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

             (2)  A Canadian judgment which contains provisions for the payment of money and also contains other provisions may be registered under this Act only in respect of the provisions for the payment of money. 

 

        3. Section 4 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "Trial Division" and substituting the words "Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador".

 

        4. Section 5 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "Trial Division" and substituting the words "Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador".

 

        5. Section 7 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "Trial Division" wherever they appear and substituting the words "Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador".

 

        6. Subsection 8(1) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "Trial Division" and substituting the words "Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador".

 

        7. Section 9 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "Trial Division" and substituting the words "Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador".

 

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