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Community Mediation Centres Act 1997

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This Act provides for setting up and running community mediation centres. These centres offer mediation for certain disputes.

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Part 1

Preliminary

Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged

s 1Short title

This Act is the Community Mediation Centres Act 1997.

(1)

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Community Mediation Centre” means a Community Mediation Centre established under section 3;

“Director” means a person holding office or duly acting as Director of a Community Mediation Centre;

“functions” includes powers, authorities and duties;

“mediation” includes —

(a)

the undertaking of any activity for the purpose of promoting the discussion and settlement of disputes;

(b)

the bringing together of the parties to any dispute for that purpose, either at the request of one of the parties to the dispute or on the initiative of a Director; and

(c)

the follow-up of any matter that is the subject of any such discussion or settlement;

“mediation session” means a meeting in accordance with this Act between 2 or more parties who are in dispute on any matter;

“mediator”, in relation to a Community Mediation Centre, means —

(a)

the Director of the Centre; or

(b)

any person for the time being appointed under section 8 as a mediator for the Centre.

(2)

A reference in this Act to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.

(3)

A reference in this Act to the parties to a mediation session includes a reference to the parties to a dispute in respect of which an application for a mediation session is duly made, but does not include a reference to the mediator conducting the mediation session.

(4)

A reference in this Act to the conduct of a mediation session by a mediator includes a reference to the conduct of a mediation session in the presence, or under the supervision, of the mediator.

Part 2

Community Mediation Centres

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Part 3

Mediation

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Part 4

Miscellaneous

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