Singapore Convention on Mediation Act 2020

• Act Code: SCMA2020
• Edition: 2020 Rev Ed
• Commencement: 11 Sept 2020
• Version as at: 25 Mar 2026
• Enacted by: Parliament

Section 1 — Short title

This Act is the Singapore Convention on Mediation Act 2020.

Section 2 — Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“Convention” means the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, also known as the Singapore Convention on Mediation, opened for signat

Section 3 — Application of Act

(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act applies to a settlement agreement which, at the time of its conclusion, is international within the meaning of article 1, paragraph 1(a) and (b), read with article 2, paragraph 1, of the Convention.(2

Section 4 — Applications in respect of international settlement agreements

(1) Subject to this Act, a party to an international settlement agreement may —(a) apply to the High Court to record the agreement as an order of court for the purposes of —(i) enforcing the agreement in Singapore; or (ii) invoking the agre

Section 5 — Grant of permission to record international settlement agreement as order of High Court

(1) The High Court may, following an application under section 4(1)(a), grant permission to record an international settlement agreement as an order of court if the requirements of this Act are complied with.[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]

Section 6 — Requirements for applications under section 4

(1) A party to an international settlement agreement making an application mentioned in section 4(1) must provide to the court before which the application is made the following documents and evidence:(a) the international settlement agreem

Section 7 — Grounds for refusing application

(1) The court before which an application mentioned in section 4(1) is made may, at the request of the party (A) against whom the international settlement agreement is sought to be enforced or invoked, refuse to grant the application if A f

Section 8 — Setting aside of order of court

Where an international settlement agreement has been recorded as an order of court under section 5(2) in the absence of the party against whom the order of court is sought to be enforced or invoked, the High Court may, upon the application

Section 9 — Parallel applications or claims

If an application or a claim relating to an international settlement agreement has been made to a court of any State, any arbitral tribunal or any other competent authority which may affect the grant of an application mentioned in section 4

Section 10 — Rules of Court

The Rules Committee constituted under section 80(3) of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1969 may make Rules of Court with respect to —(a) applications and other proceedings, and the practice and procedure, of any court in respect of any

Section 11 — Regulations

(1) The Minister may make regulations prescribing matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.(2) The power conferred by subsection (1