Arbitration Act 2001

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3 Application of this Act

4 Definition and form of arbitration agreement

5 Arbitration agreement not to be discharged by death of party

6 Stay of legal proceedings

7 Court’s powers on stay of proceedings

8 Reference of interpleader issue to arbitration

9 Commencement of arbitral proceedings

10 Powers of Court to extend time for beginning of arbitral proceedings

11 Application of Limitation Act 1959 and Foreign Limitation Periods Act 2012

12 Number of arbitrators

13 Appointment of arbitrators

14 Grounds for challenge

15 Challenge procedure

16 Failure or impossibility to act

17 Arbitrator ceasing to hold office

18 Appointment of substitute arbitrator

19 Decision by panel of arbitrators

20 Liability of arbitrator

21 Separability of arbitration clause and competence of arbitral tribunal to rule on its own jurisdiction

21A Appeal on ruling of jurisdiction

22 General duties of arbitral tribunal

23 Determination of rules of procedure

24 Statements of claim and defence

25 Hearings and written proceedings

26 Consolidation of proceedings and concurrent hearings

27 Power to appoint experts

28 General powers exercisable by arbitral tribunal

29 Powers of arbitral tribunal in case of party’s default

30 Witnesses may be summoned by subpoena

31 Court’s powers exercisable in support of arbitral proceedings

32 Law applicable to substance of dispute

33 Awards made on different issues

36 Extension of time for making award

38 Form and contents of award

39 Costs of arbitration

40 Fees of arbitrator

41 Power to withhold award in case of non-payment

42 Court may charge property with payment of solicitor’s costs in arbitration

43 Correction or interpretation of award and additional award

45 Determination of preliminary point of law

46 Enforcement of award

47 No judicial review of award

48 Court may set aside award

49 Appeal against award

50 Supplementary provisions to appeal under section 49

51 Effect of order of Court upon appeal against award

52 Application for leave of Court, etc.

52A Interpretation of this Part

52B IPR disputes may be arbitrated

52C Effect of award involving IPR

52D Setting aside award involving IPR

52E Judgments entered in terms of award involving IPR

52F Validity of patent may be put in issue in arbitral proceedings

53 Notice and other requirements in connection with legal proceedings

54 Powers of Court and Registrar

56 Proceedings to be heard otherwise than in open court

57 Restrictions on reporting of proceedings heard otherwise than in open court

58 Application to references under statutory powers

59 Immunity of arbitral institutions

59A Authentication of awards and arbitration agreements

60 Service of notices

61 Reckoning periods of time

62 Appointment of mediator

63 Power of arbitrator to act as mediator

64 Act binds Government

65 Transitional provisions

Arbitration Act 2001

2020 REVISED EDITION

This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021

An Act to provide for the conduct of arbitration.

[1 March 2002]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act is the Arbitration Act 2001.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“appellate court” means the court to which an appeal from a decision of the Court is to be made under section 29C of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969;

“appointing authority” means the appointing authority designated under section 13(8) or (9);

“arbitral tribunal” means a sole arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators or an 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;

“arbitration agreement” means an arbitration agreement mentioned in section 4;

“award” means a decision of the arbitral tribunal on the substance of the dispute and includes any interim, interlocutory or partial award but excludes any order or direction made under section 28;

“Court” means the General Division of the High Court;

“court”, in sections 6, 7, 8, 11(1), 55, 56 and 57, means the Court, a District Court, a Magistrate’s Court or any other court in which the proceedings mentioned in those sections are instituted or heard;

“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;

“the place of the arbitration” means the juridical seat of the arbitration designated by —

(a)	the parties to the arbitration agreement;
(b)	any arbitral or other institution or person authorised by the parties for that purpose; or
(c)	the arbitral tribunal as authorised by the parties,

or determined, in the absence of such designation, having regard to the arbitration agreement and all the relevant circumstances.

[26/2009; 12/2012; 40/2019]

(2) Where any provision in this Act allows the parties to determine any issue, the parties may authorise a third party, including an arbitral institution, to make that determination.

(3) Where any provision in this Act refers to the fact that the parties have agreed or that they may agree or in any other way refers to an agreement of the parties, such agreement includes any arbitration rules incorporated in that agreement.

(4) Where any provision in this Act refers to a claim, it also applies to a cross‑claim or counterclaim, and where such provision refers to a defence, it also applies to a defence to such cross‑claim or counterclaim.

Application of this Act

3. This Act applies to any arbitration where the place of arbitration is Singapore and where Part 2 of the International Arbitration Act 1994 does not apply to that arbitration.

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