Judgments Extension Act

Section 1. Transfer and execution of Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania decrees Section Where a decree has been obtained or entered in the Supreme Court of Kenya or in the High Court of Malawi or of Tanzania, or in any court subordinate to any of those courts, for any debt, damages or costs, and where it is desired that the decree shall be executed upon the person or property of the defendant in Uganda, the decree may be transferred to the High Court or to any of the courts subordinate to it, hereafter called “subordinate courts”, for execution, and the provisions of the Civil Procedure Act for the transfer and execution of decrees shall apply in the same manner as if the decree had been obtained or entered in one court and were transferred for execution to another court within the jurisdiction of the High Court, and all proceedings shall, and may, be had and taken as if the decree had been a decree originally obtained in the High Court or a subordinate court, and all the reasonable costs and charges with regard to the transfer and execution of the decree shall be recovered in like manner as if it were part of the original judgment.

Section 2. Execution of warrants of above courts in Uganda Section to endorse and execute the warrant; or

Section 3. Security to be taken from plaintiff and courts to be indemnified Section A judge of the High Court or a magistrate requesting the arrest of a defendant under any law similar to this Act which may be enacted in Kenya, Malawi or Tanzania shall, before communication with a court in any such country, take security from the plaintiff in such sum as shall be sufficient to cover all the costs, charges and expenses to be incurred by the court to which application is made, and shall indemnify the court against all such costs, charges and expenses.

Section 4. Fees Section The fees to be paid for any process or proceeding under this Act shall be such as may be fixed by the High Court with the approval of the Minister.

Section 5. Power of Minister to extend Act to decrees of other Commonwealth countries Section The Minister may, by statutory order, extend the provisions of this Act to decrees passed or warrants issued in any other country of the Commonwealth, and upon the publication of such order, all the provisions of this Act with reference to the execution of decrees passed or warrants issued by the above - mentioned courts shall have as full force and effect with reference to the decrees of the courts of the other country mentioned in the order as if the courts had been mentioned in this Act together with the Supreme Court of Kenya, and the High Court of Malawi, and of Tanzania and the courts subordinate to any of those courts.