International Arbitration Act 1994 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · International Commercial Arbitration
13. Order to attend and order to produce documents
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Any party to an arbitration agreement may request for the issue of an order to attend or an order to produce documents.
party
“party” means a party to an arbitration agreement or, in any case where an arbitration does not involve all of the parties to the arbitration agreement, means a party to the arbitration.
If a witness is in Singapore, the General Division of the High Court may order that —
an order to attend be issued to compel the witness to attend before an arbitral tribunal and give evidence; or
an order to produce documents be issued to compel the witness to attend before an arbitral tribunal and produce specified documents.
The General Division of the High Court may also issue an order under section 38 of the Prisons Act 1933 to bring up a prisoner for examination before an arbitral tribunal.
arbitral tribunal
“arbitral tribunal” means a sole arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators or a permanent arbitral institution, and includes an emergency arbitrator appointed pursuant to the rules of arbitration agreed to or adopted by the parties including the rules of arbitration of an institution or organisation;
A person must not be compelled under an order mentioned in subsection (1) or (2)(a) or (b) to produce any document which the person could not be compelled to produce on the trial of an action.