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NO. 13 OF 2012

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2.

International Arbitration
Act
(Chapter 143A, 2002 Ed.)

Section 8A

(a) Delete subsection (1) and substitute the following subsection:

“(1) The Limitation Act (Cap. 163) and the Foreign Limitation Periods Act 2012 shall apply to arbitral proceedings as they apply to proceedings before any court and any reference in both Acts to the commencement of proceedings shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of arbitral proceedings.”.

(b) Insert, immediately after the words “Limitation Act” in subsection (2), the words “or the Foreign Limitation Periods Act 2012”.

(c) Delete the words “arbitration proceedings” in subsection (2) and substitute the words “arbitral proceedings”.

(d) Delete the words “purpose of the Limitation Act (Cap. 163)” in subsection (3) and substitute the words “purposes of the Limitation Act and the Foreign Limitation Periods Act 2012”.

(e) Insert, immediately after the word “Act” in the section heading, the words “and Foreign Limitation Periods Act 2012”.