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(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise Inter Act, protation. requires "arbitration agreement" means an agreement in contained in an exwriting, including an agreement submit to arbitration g e Of letters or telegrams, to settlement byy present or future differences capable of arbitration; hetnvention award" means an award on relationdiflerences shen persons arising out of a defined legal P,whether contractual or not, considered as com- CrCial under the law in force in Malaysia made 4) in pursuance of an arbitration agreement to and which the New York Convention applies; S. 2-4] (6) in pursuance of an arbitration agreement in the territory of a State other than Malaysia, which is a party to the New York Convention; New York Convention" means the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards adopted by the United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration on the 10th June 1958 as set forth in the Schedule. (2) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, by order in the Gazette, declare that any State specified in the order is a party to the New York Convention, and that order shall, while in force, be conclusive evidence that that State is a party to the said Convention. Effect of 3. (1) A Convention award shall, subject to the follow. Convention ing provisions of this Act, be enforceable in Malaysia award. either by action or in the same manner as the award of an arbitration is enforceable by virtue of section 27 Act 93. of the Arbitration Act 1952. enforce- (2) Any Convention award which would be for all able under this Act shall be treated as binding between whom it was made purposes on the persons as of those and may accordingly be relied upon by any set-off or otherwise in any persons by way of defence, Malaysia and any references in this legal proceedings inConvention Act to enforcing a award shall be construed an award. as including references to relying upon