Section 55: Foreign request for enforcement of foreign Restriction or Recovery Order

55. Foreign request for enforcement of foreign Restriction or Recovery Order (1) Notwithstanding any other enactment, where a foreign State requests that necessary measures be taken for the enforcement of a foreign Restriction or Recovery Order, the Enforcement Authority may apply to a Judge or the Court, as the case may be, for registration of the Order. (2) The Judge shall register the foreign Restriction Order where he is satisfied that, at the time of registration, the Order is in force in the foreign State. (3) The Court shall register the foreign Recovery Order where it is satisfied that— (a) at the time of registration, the Order is in force in the foreign State; and (b) any person who had an interest in the property the subject of the Order had the opportunity to be represented before the court that granted the order in the foreign State. (4) Where a foreign Order is registered in accordance with this section, a copy of any amendment made to the Order in the foreign State shall be registered in the same way as the Order. (5) Notice of the registration of any foreign Order shall be published in the Gazette and 2 daily newspapers specified by the Court. A23A – 33 [Issue 5] Asset Recovery Act (6) Subject to subsection (8), where the foreign Order or an amendment thereof comprises a facsimile copy of a duly authenticated foreign Order, or amendment made to such an Order, the facsimile shall be regarded for the purposes of this Act, as the duly authenticated foreign Order. (7) Any registration effected on production of a facsimile shall cease to have effect up to the end of the period of 14 days commencing on the date of registration, unless a duly authenticated original of the foreign Order is registered by that time. (8) Where a foreign Order has been registered pursuant to this section, sections 25 and 26 shall apply to the registration.