Singapore legislation
Clause 53
Clause 53
Notice and other requirements in connection with legal proceedings
(1)
References in this Act to an application, appeal or other step in relation to legal proceedings being taken upon notice to the other parties to the arbitration proceedings, or to the arbitral tribunal, are references to such notice of the originating process as is required by the Rules of Court.
(2)
Subject to any provision made by Rules of Court, a requirement to give notice to the arbitral tribunal of legal proceedings shall be construed —
if there is more than one arbitrator, as a requirement to give notice to each of them; and
if the arbitral tribunal is not fully constituted, as a requirement to give notice to any arbitrator who has been appointed.
(3)
References in this Act to making an application or appeal to the Court within a specified period are references to the issue within that period of the appropriate originating process in accordance with the Rules of Court.
(4)
Where any provision of this Act requires an application or appeal to be made to the Court within a specified time, the Rules of Court relating to the reckoning of periods, the extending or abridging of periods, and the consequences of not taking a step within the period prescribed by the Rules, shall apply in relation to that requirement.
(5)
Provision may be made by Rules of Court amending the provisions of this Act —
with respect to the time within which any application or appeal to the Court must be made;
so as to keep any provision made by this Act in relation to arbitral proceedings in step with the corresponding provision of the Rules of Court applying in relation to proceedings in the Court; or
so as to keep any provision made by this Act in relation to legal proceedings in step with the corresponding provision of the Rules of Court applying generally in relation to proceedings in the Court.
(6)
Nothing in this section shall affect the generality of the power to make Rules of Court.