HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
Ordiance No. 17 of 2010
L.S. |
Henry TANG
Acting Chief Executive
11 November 2010
An Ordinance to reform the law relating to arbitration, and to provide for related and consequential matters.
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Enacted by the Legislative Council.
PART 1
Preliminary
1. Short title and commencement
(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Arbitration Ordinance.
(2) This Ordinance comes into operation on a day to be appointed by the Secretary for Justice by notice published in the Gazette.
2. Interpretation
(1) In this Ordinance—
“arbitral tribunal” (仲裁庭) means a sole arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators, and includes an umpire;
“arbitration” (仲裁) means any arbitration, whether or not administered by a permanent arbitral institution;
“arbitration agreement” (仲裁協議) has the same meaning as in section 19;
“arbitrator” (仲裁員), except in sections 23, 24, 30, 31, 32 and 65 and section 1 of Schedule 2, includes an umpire;
“claimant” (申索人) means a person who makes a claim or a counter-claim in an arbitration;
“Commission” (貿法委) means the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law;