The Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Suriname) Order 1981

• Citation: S.I. 1981/735
• Sections: 7

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Suriname) Order 1981 and shall come into operation on 13th May 1981.

Section 2

Part I of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933 shall extend to the Republic of Suriname.

Section 3

The following courts of the Republic of Suriname shall be deemed superior courts of the Republic of Suriname for the purposes of Part I of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933, that is to say:–

The Hof van Justitie van Suriname;

The Kantongerecht in het Eerste Kanton;

The Kantongerecht in het Derde Kanton.

Section 4

No security for costs shall be required to be given by any person making application for the registration of a judgment of a superior court of the Republic of Suriname.

Section 5

A judgment of a superior court of the Republic of Suriname shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be deemed to be capable of execution in the Republic of Suriname if a certified copy of the judgment is produced bearing the seal of the court and the executory formula “In naam van de Republiek”.

Section 6

The rate of interest due under the law of the Republic of Suriname upon the sum in respect of which a judgment of a superior court of the Republic of Suriname is given shall be deemed to be that specified in the judgment or any certificate of the original court accompanying the judgment and, if no rate is so specified, no interest shall be deemed to be due thereon under the law of the Republic of Suriname.

Section 7

A translation of the judgment of a superior court of the Republic of Suriname or of any other document accompanying an application for registration of such a judgment shall, if certified by a sworn translator or by a diplomatic or consular officer of either the United Kingdom or the Republic of Suriname, be accepted without further authentication.