Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Act, 1998.

Provision of certain documents by courts in the State to interested parties.

14.—If a judgment is given by a court in the State, the registrar or clerk of that court shall, at the request of an interested party and subject to any conditions that may be specified by rules of court, give to the interested party—

(a) a duly authenticated copy of the judgment,

(b) a certificate signed by the registrar or clerk of the court stating—

(i) the nature of the proceedings,

(ii) the grounds, pursuant to the 1968 Convention, on which the court assumed jurisdiction,

(iii) the date on which the time for lodging an appeal against the judgment will expire or, if it has expired, the date on which it expired,

(iv) whether notice of appeal against, or, if the judgment was given in default of appearance, notice to set aside, the judgment has been entered,

(v) if the judgment is for the payment of a sum of money, the rate of interest, if any, payable on the sum and the date from which interest is payable, and

(vi) any other particulars that may be specified by rules of court, and

(c) if the judgment was given in default of appearance, the original or a copy, certified by the registrar or clerk of the court to be a true copy, of a document establishing that notice of the institution of proceedings was served on the person in default.