Singapore legislation

Section 30

of International Arbitration Act 1994

Section 30

Evidence

(1)

In any proceedings in which a person seeks to enforce a foreign award by virtue of this Part, the person must produce to the court —

(a)

the duly authenticated original award or a duly certified copy thereof;

(b)

the original arbitration agreement under which the award purports to have been made, or a duly certified copy thereof; and

(c)

where the award or agreement is in a foreign language, a translation of it in the English language, duly certified in English as a correct translation by a sworn translator or by an official or by a diplomatic or consular agent of the country in which the award was made.

(2)

A document produced to a court in accordance with this section is, upon mere production, to be received by the court as prima facie evidence of the matters to which it relates.

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