Singapore legislation
Clause 26
Clause 26
Consequential and related amendments to Arbitration Act
The Arbitration Act (Cap. 10, 2002 Ed.) is amended —
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);”;
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”);
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”);
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.”;
by deleting the words “High Court” in the following provision and substituting the words “appellate court”:Section 21A(2);
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);
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);
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);
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);
by inserting, immediately after the words “the Court” in the following provision, the words “or the appellate court”:Section 52(1) and (2);
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
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).