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s.5
Certain foreign judgments a bar to proceedings on the same cause of action
(1)
No proceedings may be brought by a person in Hong Kong on a cause of action in
respect of which a judgment has been given in his favour in proceedings between the
same parties, or their privies, in a court of an overseas country, unless that
judgment is not enforceable or entitled to recognition in Hong Kong.
(2)
This section shall not apply to judgments given before the
commencement
*
of this
Ordinance.
[cf. 1982 c. 27 s. 34 U.K.]