Singapore legislation

Clause 12

of Singapore Convention on Mediation Bill

Clause 12

Related amendments to Mediation Act 2017

Section 6 of the Mediation Act 2017 (Act 1 of 2017) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the words “subsections (2),” in subsection (1), “(2A),”; and

(b)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(2A) Subsection (2)(a) does not preclude —

(a)

an international settlement agreement as defined in section 2(1) of the Singapore Convention on Mediation Act 2020 (called in this subsection an international settlement agreement) from being a mediated settlement agreement to which this Act applies if, apart from subsection (2)(a), the international settlement agreement would qualify as such; or

(b)

an international settlement agreement that is also a mediated settlement agreement to which this Act applies from being recorded as an order of court under this Act if the international settlement agreement has not been recorded as an order of court under section 5 of the Singapore Convention on Mediation Act 2020.”.