Singapore legislation
Clause 2
of Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Amendment) Bill
Clause 2
Amendment of section 2
Section 2 of the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (called in this Act the principal Act) is amended —
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “country of the original court” in subsection (1), the following definition:“ “Family Justice Rules” means the Family Justice Rules made under section 46 of the Family Justice Act 2014 (Act 27 of 2014);”;
by deleting the words “which is not part of the Commonwealth” in the definition of “foreign country” in subsection (1);
by deleting the words “a judgment or order given or made by a court in any civil proceedings” in the definition of “judgment” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “an interlocutory or final judgment or order given or made by a court in any civil proceedings”;
by inserting, immediately after the words “injured party” in the definition of “judgment” in subsection (1), the words “, and includes a consent judgment, a consent order and a judicial settlement”;
by inserting, immediately after the word “given” in the definitions of “judgment creditor” and “judgment debtor” in subsection (1), the words “(whether or not a sum of money is payable under the judgment)”;
by inserting, immediately after the definition of “judgment debtor” in subsection (1), the following definitions:“ “judicial settlement” —
means a contract approved by, or concluded before, a court in the course of proceedings, being a contract —
between the parties to proceedings before that court;
by which those parties end those proceedings; and
that is recorded by that court in an official document; but(b)does not include a consent order or consent judgment;“money judgment” means a judgment under which a sum of money is payable, not being a sum payable in respect of taxes or other charges of a similar nature or in respect of a fine or other penalty;“non‑money judgment” means a judgment that is not a money judgment, but does not include a judgment under which a sum of money is payable in respect of taxes or other charges of a similar nature or in respect of a fine or other penalty;”; and
by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(2A) A reference to the making or giving of a judgment, in the case of a judgment that is a judicial settlement, is a reference to the making or concluding of the contract in paragraph (a) of the definition of “judicial settlement” in subsection (1).”.