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IN exercise of the powers
conferred on the President by
subsection (1) of section 81 and
subsection (1) of section 89 of
the Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459)
this Instrument is made this 2nd
day of December 1993.
PART I—FOREIGN JUDGMENTS
Section 1— Application of
Sub-Part I of Part V of Act 459.
A
country specified in column 1 of
the First Schedule to this
Instrument is by this Instrument
declared to be a country to which
Sub-Part I of Part V of the Courts
Act, 1993 (Act 459), (which
Sub-Part relates to the
enforcement in Ghana of the
judgments of the superior courts
of other countries on the basis of
reciprocity) applies.
Section 2 — Superior Courts.
The courts specified in column 2
of the First Schedule in relation
to the countries are by this
Instrument declared to be the
Superior Courts of the countries
for the purposes of Sub-Part I of
Part V of the Courts Act, 1993
(Act 459).
PART II —FOREIGN MAINTENANCE
ORDERS
Section 3 — Application of
Sub-Part II of Part V of Act 459.
A
country specified in the Second
Schedule to this Instrument is to
the extent specified hereby
declared to be a country to which
Sub-Part II of Part V of the
Courts Act, 1993 (Act 459) (which
Sub-Part relates to the
enforcement in Ghana of
maintenance orders of courts of
other countries on the basis of
reciprocity) applies.
Section 4 — Revocation.
The Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal
Enforcement) Instrument, 1973 (L.I.
824) and the Maintenance Orders
(Reciprocal Enforcement)
Instrument, 1974 (L.I. 979) are
revoked.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
Name of Country
Superior Courts
Brazil
..
.. ..
Supreme Federal Court
Federal Court of Appeal
State High Court.
France
..
.. ..
Cours De Cessation
Cours D' Appel.
Israel
..
.. ..
Supreme Court
Italy
..
..
.. Corte D' Appello
Corte D' Cessazione.
Japan
..
.. ..
Supreme Court of Japan.
Lebanon
..
..
.. Court of Appeal
High Court.
Senegal
..
.. ..
Cours Supreme
Cours D' Appel.
Spain
..
.. ..
Tribunal supreme
Audiencia Territorial
Juez de Primera
Instencia.
United Arab
Republic
.. ..
Court of Cessation
Court of Appeal.
United Kingdom
..
.. .. High
Court of England
High Court of Northern
Ireland.
Court of Session in
Scotland.
Any court to which an appeal lies
from any of the foregoing Courts.
SECOND SCHEDULE
Switzerland
United Kingdom.
The following States in Australia—
Queensland
Tasmania
Western Australia
The following Provinces in Canada—
Alberta
British Columbia
New found land
North-West Territories
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island.
JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS
President of the Republic of
Ghana.
Date of Gazette Notification: 21st
January, 1994.
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