Clause 2

The Supreme Court of Judicature Act (called in this Act the principal Act) is amended by renumbering section 18D as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection:“(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Singapore International Commercial Court (being a division of the High Court) has jurisdiction to hear any proceedings relating to international commercial arbitration that the High Court may hear and that satisfy such conditions as the Rules of Court may prescribe.”.