Singapore legislation

Clause 26

of Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Bill

Clause 26

Consequential and related amendments to Arbitration Act

The Arbitration Act (Cap. 10, 2002 Ed.) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately before the definition of “appointing authority” in section 2(1), the following definition:“ “appellate court” means the court to which an appeal from a decision of the Court is to be made under section 29C of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap. 322);”;

(b)

by deleting the words “High Court in Singapore” in the following provision and substituting the words “General Division of the High Court”:Section 2(1) (definition of “Court”);

(c)

by deleting the words “High Court, District Court, Magistrate’s Court” in the following provision and substituting the words “Court, a District Court, a Magistrate’s Court”:Section 2(1) (definition of “court”);

(d)

by deleting subsection (1) of section 21A and substituting the following subsection:“(1) An appeal from the decision of the Court made under section 21 lies to the appellate court only with the leave of the appellate court.”;

(e)

by deleting the words “High Court” in the following provision and substituting the words “appellate court”:Section 21A(2);

(f)

by deleting the words “High Court” wherever they appear in the following provision and substituting in each case the word “Court”:Section 21A(3), (4), (6)(a) and (b) and (7);

(g)

by deleting the words “Court of Appeal” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “appellate court”:Section 21A(3), (4) and (7)(a) and (b)Section 45(6) and (7)Section 49(10) and (11)Section 52(3)(b);

(h)

by deleting the words “leave of the Court” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “leave of the appellate court”:Section 36(6)Section 41(8)Section 45(5)Section 49(7);

(i)

by deleting the words “Court may give leave” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “appellate court may give leave”:Section 45(7)Section 49(11);

(j)

by inserting, immediately after the words “the Court” in the following provision, the words “or the appellate court”:Section 52(1) and (2);

(k)

by deleting the words “Judge in Chambers” in the following provision and substituting the words “Judge sitting in chambers in the Court”:Section 52(3)(a); and

(l)

by deleting the words “High Court or any Judge in Chambers” in the following provision and substituting the words “Court or any Judge sitting in chambers in the Court”:Section 52(3)(b).