Section 188Part 8 — Co-operation
Registration of external confiscation orders
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On an application made by the Director of Public Prosec utions on behalf of the Government of a foreign country, the Grand Court may, subject to subsection (3), register an external confiscation order made there if —
the amount payable under the external confiscation order is at least thirty thousand dollar s, except that the court may register an order where the amount payable is less if the Director of Public Prosecutions certifies that it is in the public interest to register the order;
it is satisfied that, at the time of registration, the order is in force and not subject to appeal;
it is satisfied, where the person against whom the order so made did not appear in the proceedings, that that person received notice of the proceedings in sufficient time to enable that person to defend them; and
it is of the opinion that enforcing the order in the Islands would not be contrary to the interests of justice.
In subsection (1) “ appeal ” includes —
any proceedings by way of discharging or setting aside a judgment; and
an application for a ne w trial or stay of execution.
The Grand Court shall not register an external confiscation order made in a foreign country —
where the Director of Public Prosecutions has issued a certificate to the effect that the application to register the order is contrary to the public interest of the Islands; or
where the facts described in the statement made under paragraph (a) of section 191 or in the affidavit made under paragraph 8 of