Singapore legislation
Clause 7
Clause 7
Saving and transitional provisions
(1)
Section 2 applies to arbitral proceedings commenced on or after the date of commencement of that section.
(2)
Section 3 applies to arbitral proceedings commenced on or after the date of commencement of that section.
(3)
Despite subsection (1), the parties may agree in writing that section 2 applies to arbitral proceedings commenced before the date of commencement of that section if none of the arbitrators for those arbitral proceedings have been appointed by that date.
(4)
For the purposes of this section, arbitral proceedings are to be taken as having commenced on —
the date of receipt of the request for the dispute to be referred to arbitration by the respondent, or by the last respondent to receive the request if there is more than one respondent; or
where the parties have agreed in writing that any other date is to be taken as the date of commencement of the arbitral proceedings, then on that date.