Singapore legislation
Clause 15
Clause 15
Amendment of section 35
Section 35 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting immediately after subsection (4) thereof the following new subsection: —“(5) Where an application has been made under subsection (4) of this section and a notice under section 16 of this Ordinance has been served either before or after such application —
the proceedings under subsection (4) of this section shall be suspended until the parties concerned have had the opportunity of negotiating and reaching agreement on the proposals made under section 16 of this Ordinance;
in the event of failure to reach agreement within two months of the date of service of the invitation to negotiate served under section 16 of this Ordinance, either party may notify the Court that no agreement had been reached and on such notification the application under subsection (4) of this section shall be deemed to be withdrawn and the Court shall proceed to determine the dispute as if a joint application under paragraph (a) of section 28 of this Ordinance had been made.”.