In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
appeal includes any proceedings by way of discharging or setting aside a judgment, and an application for a new trial or a stay of execution.
Commonwealth country means a country that is a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and includes every territory for whose international relations the Government of that country is responsible and a part of any such country or territory.
country includes part of a country.
country of the original court means the country in which the original court is situated.
foreign country means a country which is not a Commonwealth country.
judgment means a judgment or order given or made by a court in civil proceedings, or a judgment or order given or made by a court in criminal proceedings for the payment of a sum of money in respect of compensation or damages to an injured person, whether before or after the commencement of this Act and includes an award in proceedings on an arbitration other than a foreign award enforceable by virtue of Part 7 of the Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 if the award has, in pursuance of the law in force in the place where it was made, become enforceable in the same manner as a judgment given by a court in that place.
judgment creditor means the person in whose favour a judgment is given, and includes a person in whom the rights under the judgment become vested by succession or assignment or otherwise.
judgment debtor means the person against whom a judgment is given, and includes a person against whom the judgment is enforceable under the law of the original court.
judgments given in the Supreme Court include judgments given on appeals against judgments given in the Supreme Court, and judgments that have become enforceable as judgments of the Supreme Court though not given therein.
non-recoverable tax means tax other than recoverable tax.
order means order published in the Gazette.
original court, in relation to a judgment, means the court by which the judgment was given.
prescribed means prescribed by rules of court.
recoverable tax means tax payable under the laws of Papua New Guinea relating to taxes on income, but does not…