Singapore legislation

Clause 31

of Courts (Civil and Criminal Justice) Reform Bill

Clause 31

Miscellaneous amendments

The International Arbitration Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “appearance” in the following provision and substituting the words “filing and serving a notice of intention to contest or not contest”:Section 6(1);

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the word “pleading” in the following provision, the words “(other than a pleading asserting that the court does not have jurisdiction in the proceedings)”:Section 6(1);

(c)

by deleting the word “leave” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “permission”:Section 10(4) and (5)Section 12(6)Section 18(b)Section 19;

(d)

by deleting the word “execution” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “enforcement”:Section 10(9)(a) and (10)(a);

(e)

by deleting the word “taxable” in the following provision and substituting the word “assessable”:Section 21(1);

(f)

by deleting the word “taxed” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “assessed”:Section 21(2) and (3);

(g)

by deleting the word “Taxation” in the following provision and substituting the word “Assessment”:Section 21 (section heading); and

(h)

by deleting the words “otherwise than in open court” in the following provision and substituting in each case the words “in private”:Section 23(1) and section heading.