Enforcement of judgments etc.
50 Enforcement of judgments etc.
S. 50(1) amended by Nos 61/1991 s. 13(a), 12/1995 s. 8(h)(i)(ii), substituted by No. 22/2000 s. 18(2).
A judgment of a court of Victoria that is entirely or partly given in the exercise of jurisdiction conferred by this Division, or by a law of another State that corresponds to this Division, is enforceable in Victoria as if the judgment had been given by that court entirely in the exercise of the jurisdiction of that court apart from this Division or any such law.
S. 50(2) amended by Nos 61/1991 s. 13(c), 12/1995 s. 8(i)(ii), 22/2000 s. 18(3)(a).
Where—
S. 50(2)(a) amended by Nos 61/1991 s. 13(b), 12/1995 s. 8(i)(i), 22/2000 s. 18(3)(a).
a provision of a law of Victoria (not being a law in relation to the enforcement of judgments) refers to a thing done by the Supreme Court of Victoria or of another State or of the Capital Territory a State Family Court or a particular lower court of Victoria or of another State or of the Capital Territory; and
that thing is done by another court in the exercise of jurisdiction conferred by this Division or a law of another State or the Capital Territory corresponding to this Division—
the reference in that provision to the Supreme Court of Victoria or of the other State or Territory, that State Family Court or that lower court, as the case may be, is taken as a reference to that other court.
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