Singapore legislation
Clause 7
of Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Amendment) Bill
Clause 7
Amendment of section 10
Section 10 of the principal Act is amended by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)in the case of a judgment registered under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Commonwealth Judgments Act before the date of coming into operation of the order, the expression “judgment” —
means any judgment or order given or made by a court in any civil proceedings by which any sum of money is made 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); 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;”.