{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1920/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1920/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/10-11/81",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Justice Act 1920",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1920",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Issue of certificates of judgments obtained in the United Kingdom.",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) a judgment has been obtained in the High Court in England or Northern Ireland, or in the Court of Session in Scotland, against any person; and\n(b) the judgment creditor wishes to secure the enforcement of the judgment in a part of Her Majesty’s dominions outside the United Kingdom to which this Part of this Act extends,\nthe court shall, on an application made by the judgment creditor, issue to him a certified copy of the judgment.\n(2) The reference in the preceding subsection to Her Majesty’s dominions shall be construed as if that subsection had come into force in its present form at the commencement of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 10 substituted by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27, SIF 45:3), s. 35(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/10-11/81/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:57:00.971567+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}