COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION ACT 2012 - SECT 6
COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION ACT 2012 - SECT 6
6 . Court for certain functions of arbitration assistance and supervision (cf. Model Law Art 6)
(1) The functions
referred to in sections 11(3) and (4), 13(4), 14(2), 16(9), 17H to 17J, 19(6),
27 to 27B, 27H to 27J, 33D, 34 and 34A are, subject to subsection (2), to be
performed by the Supreme Court.
(2) If —
(a) an
arbitration agreement provides that the District Court or the Magistrates
Court is to have jurisdiction under this Act; or
(b) the
parties to an arbitration agreement have agreed in writing that the District
Court or the Magistrates Court is to have jurisdiction under this Act and that
agreement is in force,
the functions are to
be performed, in relation to that agreement, by the District Court or the
Magistrates Court, as the case requires.
Note for this section:
This section differs
from the Model Law to the extent that it relates to functions conferred on the
Court with respect to domestic commercial arbitrations that are not referred
to in the Model Law.