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1. This Order may be cited as the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Israel) Order 1971 and shall come into operation on 26th July 1971.
2. Part I of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933 shall extend to Israel.
3. The following courts of Israel shall be deemed superior courts of Israel for the purposes of Part I of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933, that is to say:—
The Supreme Court;
The District Courts;
Rabbinical Courts;
Moslem Religious Courts;
Christian Religious Courts;
Druze Religious Courts.
4. No security for costs shall be required to be given by any person making application for the registration of a judgment of a superior court of Israel.
5. A judgment of a superior court of Israel shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be deemed to be capable of execution in Israel if a certified copy of the judgment is produced authenticated by the court stamp and accompanied by a certificate issued by an officer of the original court that it is capable of execution in Israel.
6. The rate of interest due under the law of Israel upon the sum in respect of which a judgment of a superior court of Israel is given shall be deemed to be that specified in the judgment or any certificate of the original court accompanying the judgment and, if no rate is so specified, no interest shall be deemed to be due thereon under the law of Israel.
7. A translation of the judgment of a superior court of Israel or of any other document accompanying an application for registration of such a judgment shall, if certified by a notary or by a diplomatic or consular officer of either the United Kingdom or Israel, be accepted without further authentication.
W.G. Agnew
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