Skip to content
srilawsby aturio
As enacted
Contents

Part III · General Provisions

20. Rules

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

The Minister may, from time to time, make rules under this Act, in respect of all matters for which rules are authorised or required to be made for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this Act.

(2)

In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of subsection (1), rules may be made in respect of the following matters: -

(a)

filing of an application for the recognition, registration and enforcement of a foreign judgment, and setting aside of a registered judgment and forms to be used for such purposes;

(b)

statement of facts that the affidavits made under this Act shall contain;

(c)

prescribing the documents that shall accompany an application filed under this Act;

(d)

tendering of security when applying for the recognition, registration and enforcement of a foreign judgment;

(e)

the manner of serving the notice of registration and the content of such notice;

(f)

subject to the time limits expressly provided for in this Act, the time limits for performing any act required to be performed under this Act;

(g)

prescribing the method by which any interest payable under a foreign judgment under the law of the country of the original court is to be determined;

(h)

the matters relating to the award of costs; and

Reciprocal Recognition, Registration and

Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

(i)

any other matter which is required to be prescribed under this Act in order to achieve the objectives of this Act.

(3)

Every rule made by the Minister under this section shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation from the date of such publication or on another date as may be specified in such rule.

Read on from s 21