# Administration of Justice Act 1956, Section 40: Effect of registration of judgments of courts outside England and Wales.


Section five of the Debtors Act 1869, as amended by any subsequent enactment, and . . . , as so amended, shall have effect as if—
(a) any judgment of the High Court of Northern Ireland or decreet of the Court of Session a certificate of which has been registered in the High Court under section one or section three of the Judgments Extension Act 1868; and
(b) any judgment, as defined in Part II of the Administration of Justice Act 1920, which has been registered in the High Court under the said Part II; and
(c) any judgment, as defined in the Inferior Courts Judgments Extension Act 1882, a certificate of which has been registered in the High Court or in the county court under that Act,
were a judgment of the High Court or, as the case may be, of the county court, and proceedings may be taken under the said Act of 1869 accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/4-5/46/section/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1956/section-40
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