Maintenance Orders Reciprocal Enforcement Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Orders Made by Courts in Reciprocating Countries
10. Cancellation of registration of order
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where a registered order is revoked by -
registered order
"registered order" means a maintenance order which is for the time being registered in a court in Brunei Darussalam under this Act;
an order made by the registering court;
a provisional order made by that court which has been confirmed by a court in a reciprocating country and notice of the confirmation is received by the registering court; or
an order made by a court in such a country and notice of the revocation is received by the registering court, the registering court shall cancel the registration.
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Any arrears due under the registered order at the date when its registration is cancelled by virtue of subsection (2) shall continue to be recoverable as if the registration had not been cancelled.
Where the registering court is of the opinion that the payer under a registered order has ceased to reside within the jurisdiction of that court. it shall cancel the registration of the order and send the certified copy of the
registering court
"registering court", in relation to a registered order, means the court in which that order is for the time being registered under this Act; Maintenance Orders Reciprocul Enforcement…
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Terms defined in s 2
certified copy
Defined · s 2"certified copy", in relation to an order of court, means a copy of the order certified by the proper officer of the court to be a true copy;
court
Defined · s 2"court" includes any tribunal or person having power to make, confirm, enforce, vary or revoke a maintenance order; B. L. R.O. 1;2021 Maintenance Orders 6 Reciprocal Enforcemen1
payer
Defined · s 2"payer", in relation to a maintenance order, means the person liable to make payments under the order;
provisional order
Defined · s 2"provisional order" means (according to the context) - (a) an order made by a court in Brunei Darussalam which is provisional only and has no effect unless confirmed, with or without alteration, by a competent court in a reciprocating country; or (b) an order made by a court in a reciprocating country which is provisional only and has no effect unless confirmed, with or without alteration, by a court in Brunei Darussalam having power under this Act to confirm it;
reciprocating country
Defined · s 2"reciprocating country" has the meaning assigned to it by section 17;
registered order
Defined · s 2"registered order" means a maintenance order which is for the time being registered in a court in Brunei Darussalam under this Act;
registering court
Defined · s 2"registering court", in relation to a registered order, means the court in which that order is for the time being registered under this Act; Maintenance Orders Reciprocul Enforcement…
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