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MAINLAND JUDGMENTS (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT) ORDINANCE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

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An Ordinance to give effect to the Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region pursuant to Choice of Court Agreements between Parties Concerned made between the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (as amended from time to time), and for that purpose to make provisions for the enforcement in Hong Kong of judgments in civil or commercial matters that are given in the Mainland and for facilitating the enforcement in the Mainland of judgments in civil or commercial matters that are given in Hong Kong; and to provide for matters connected therewith. [] Enacted by the Legislative Council. PART 1 1. Short title and commencement

(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Mainland Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance.

(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Secretary for Justice by notice published in the Gazette.

2. Interpretation

In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—