International Arbitration Act 1994 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · International Commercial Arbitration
8. Authorities specified for purposes of Article 6 of Model Law
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The General Division of the High Court in Singapore is to be taken to have been specified in Article 6 of the Model Law as courts competent to perform the functions referred to in that Article except for Article 11(3) and (4) of the Model Law.
The president of the Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre is to be taken to have been specified as the authority competent to perform the functions under Article 11(3) and (4) of the Model Law.
Model Law
“Model Law” means the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on 21 June 1985, the text in English of which is set out in the First Schedule;
The Chief Justice may, if he or she thinks fit, appoint any other person to exercise the powers of the president of the Court of Arbitration of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre under subsection (2).
An appointment under subsection (3) must be published in the Gazette.