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RULES OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

(a) section 17 of the Bankruptcy Procedure Act 1892, or
(b) section 2 of the Imprisonment for Debt Act 1928,

as they apply to committal for contempt of court.
CHAPTER 10: ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS ABROAD

12.69 Scope of Chapter
(1) This Chapter applies to applications to the court under section 9 of the 1968
Act.
(2) In this Chapter ‘the 1968 Act’ means the Judgments (Reciprocal
Enforcement) (Isle of Man) Act 1968.

12.70 Application for a certified copy of judgment (74.12)
(1) A judgment creditor who wishes to enforce, in a country to which Part I of
the 1968 Act applies, a judgment entered in the court must apply for a certified copy of the
judgment.

(2) The application may be made by letter without notice.

12.71 Evidence in support (74.13)
(1) An application under rule 12.70 must be supported by written evidence
exhibiting copies of —
(a) the claim form in the proceedings in which judgment was given;
(b) evidence that it was served on the defendant;
(c) the statements of case; and
(d) where relevant, a document showing that for those proceedings the applicant
was an assisted person.
(2) The written evidence must —
(a) identify the grounds on which the judgment was obtained;
(b) state whether the defendant objected to the jurisdiction and, if he did, the
grounds of his objection;
(c) show that the judgment —
(i) has been served in accordance with Chapter 7 of Part 2 and rule 10.5,
and
(ii) is not subject to a stay of enforcement;
(d) state the amount in respect of which the judgment remains unsatisfied;
(e) state whether interest is recoverable on the judgment, and if so, either —
(i) the amount of interest which has accrued up to the date of the
application, or
(ii) the rate of interest, the date from which it is recoverable, and the date
on which it ceases to accrue.

CHAPTER 11: FORFEITURE AND CIVIL RECOVERY

12.72 Forfeiture
Schedule 12.1 makes provision for proceedings in the court for —
(a) the forfeiture of property used for the purposes of terrorism;
(b) the enforcement of fines, forfeitures and other orders imposed or made by the
International Criminal Court; and

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