Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Rules

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Current version
as at 21 Dec 2024

Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act

(CHAPTER 11, Section 6)

Arbitration (International Investment
Disputes) Rules

R 1

REVISED EDITION 2002

(30th September 2002)

[19th November 1982]

Citation

1. These Rules may be cited as the Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Rules.

Definitions

2.—(1) In these Rules —

“judgment creditor” and “judgment debtor” mean respectively the person seeking recognition or enforcement of an award and the other party to the award;

[Deleted by S 252/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

“Order 60” means Order 60 of the Rules of Court 2021 (G.N. No. S 914/2021).

[S 252/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

(2) Subject to the provisions of these Rules, the following provisions of Order 60, namely, Rules 1, 3(1) (except sub-paragraphs (c)(iv) and (d) thereof), 7 (except paragraph (3)(c) and (d) thereof), 8 and 10(3), shall apply with the necessary modifications in relation to an award as they apply in relation to a judgment to which Part II of the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (Cap. 265) applies.

[S 252/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

Application

3. An application to have an award registered in the General Division of the High Court under section 4 of the Act shall be made by originating application.

[S 1077/2020 wef 02/01/2021]

[S 252/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

Affidavit

4. The affidavit required by Order 60, Rule 3, in support of an application for registration shall —

(a)	in lieu of exhibiting the judgment or a copy thereof, exhibit a copy of the award certified pursuant to the Convention; and
(b)	in addition to stating the matters mentioned in paragraph (1)(c)(i) and (ii) of Rule 3, state whether at the date of the application the enforcement of the award has been stayed (provisionally or otherwise) pursuant to the Convention and whether any, and if so what, application has been made pursuant to the Convention which, if granted, might result in a stay of the enforcement of the award.

[S 252/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

5. There shall be kept in the office of the Registrar a register of the awards ordered to be registered under the Act and particulars shall be entered in the register of any enforcement order issued on such an award.

[S 252/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

Stay of enforcement of award

6. Where it appears to the General Division of the High Court on granting permission to register an award or on an application made by the judgment debtor after an award has been registered —

(a)	that the enforcement of the award has been stayed (whether provisionally or otherwise) pursuant to the Convention; or
(b)	that an application has been made pursuant to the Convention which, if granted, might result in a stay of the enforcement of the award,

the General Division of the High Court shall, or in the case referred to in paragraph (b) may, stay enforcement of the award for such time as it considers appropriate in the circumstances.

[S 1077/2020 wef 02/01/2021]

[S 252/2022 wef 01/04/2022]

Application by summons with affidavit

7. An application by the judgment debtor under rule 6 shall be made by summons and supported by affidavit.

[G.N. No. S 308/82]

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