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Final judgment to be recognised and enforceable in State.
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17.—(1) A final judgment shall be recognised and enforceable in the State.
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(2) An application for the enforcement of a final judgment shall be made to the High Court.
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(3) For the purposes of this Act a judgment shall be deemed to be a final judgment where—
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(a) the time within which, under the law of the State Party concerned, an appeal against the judgment may be brought has expired and no such appeal has been brought,
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(b) under the law of the State Party concerned there is no provision for an appeal from such judgment,
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(c) an appeal against the judgment has been withdrawn, or
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(d) the judgment has been affirmed on appeal by the convention court hearing such appeal, and
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(i) the time within which, under the law of the State Party concerned, an appeal against the decision to so affirm has expired and no such appeal has been brought,
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(ii) under the law of the State Party concerned there is no provision for an appeal from the decision to so affirm, or
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(iii) an appeal against the decision to so affirm has been withdrawn.
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(4) This section shall not apply to a judgment of a court of a Member State (other than a court or tribunal of a territory of a Member State to which the Council Regulation does not apply).
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