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(2) The affidavit shall—

(a) exhibit the original or a verified or certified or otherwise duly authenticated copy of the relevant choice of Hong Kong court agreement;

(b) give particulars of the proceedings in which the judgment was obtained;

(c) state the amount in respect of which the judgment remains unsatisfied at the date of the application;

(d) state whether the defendant did or did not object to the jurisdiction and, if he objected, on what grounds;

(e) state whether any action has been taken to enforce the judgment in Hong Kong and, if so, the details of such enforcement;

(f) show that the judgment is not subject to any stay of execution;

(g) state that the time for appealing has expired or, as the case may be, the date on which it will expire and in either case whether any notice of appeal against the judgment has been entered; and

(h) state the rate at which the judgment carries interest.

(3) The certified copy of the judgment shall be an office copy sealed with the seal of the High Court and indorsed with a certificate signed by the Registrar certifying that the copy is a true copy of a judgment obtained in the Court of Final Appeal or the High Court, as the case may be, and that it is issued in accordance with section 21 of the Ordinance.

(4) The certificate issued by the High Court under section 21(3) of the Ordinance shall have annexed to it a copy of the writ, originating summons or other process by which the proceedings were begun and a copy of the reasoned judgment (if any), and state—

(a) what pleadings, if any, were served;

(b) the manner in which the writ or such summons or other process was served on the defendant or that the defendant acknowledged service of the writ or summons or process;

(c) the amount in respect of which the judgment remains unsatisfied at the date of the application as stated by the deponent in the affidavit by which the application is made;

(d) what objections, if any, were made to the jurisdiction;

(e) the date from which the judgment takes effect;

(f) whether any action has been taken to enforce the judgment in Hong Kong and, if so, the details of such enforcement;

(g) that the time for appealing has expired or, as the case may be, the date on which it will expire;