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Article 61 — Recognition and Effect of Foreign Judgments

  1. A judgment rendered by a competent authority of a foreign jurisdiction is recognised in Kaharagia where:
    1. The foreign authority had jurisdiction under its own law and under principles generally accepted in private international law.
    2. The judgment is final and enforceable in the jurisdiction of origin.
    3. The parties were given reasonable notice and a fair opportunity to be heard.
    4. The judgment does not contravene the public order of Kaharagia.
    5. The judgment is not irreconcilable with a prior judgment recognised in Kaharagia between the same parties.
  2. Recognition is declaratory. The Royal Chancellery records recognised judgments and gives effect to them in the civil status register and other records of the State as appropriate.
  3. Kaharagia does not possess enforcement mechanisms of the kind available to territorial states. Where a foreign judgment requires enforcement, the parties must seek enforcement through the authorities of the jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought.