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International Arbitration Act 1994 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Foreign Awards
29. Recognition and enforcement of foreign awards
Feedback & support(1)
Subject to this Part, a foreign award may be enforced in a court either by action or in the same manner as an award of an arbitrator made in Singapore is enforceable under section 19.
foreign award
Defined · s 27
“foreign award” means an arbitral award made pursuant to an arbitration agreement in the territory of a Convention country other than Singapore.
(2)
Any foreign award which is enforceable under subsection (1) must be recognised as binding for all purposes upon the persons between whom it was made and may accordingly be relied upon by any of those parties by way of defence, set‑off or otherwise in any legal proceedings in Singapore.