s 18 Order to attend court or order to produce documents in litigation or arbitration
18.—(1) A registrar must not, for the purpose of any court proceedings which relate to or are connected with a dispute referred to a mediator of a Community Mediation Centre, issue —(a) an order for the attendance before the court of the mediator, the Director or any member of the staff, employee or officer of the Community Mediation Centre; or[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022] (b) an order for the production to the court of any of the records or documents of the Centre, unless the registrar is satisfied that, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, the attendance or production is necessary for the fair disposal of the case or to save costs. [42/2005] [Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022] (2) Where an order is made by the registrar under subsection (1)(b), it is sufficient compliance for the Centre to produce certified true copies of any of the records or documents and such copies are, subject to section 19, admissible as evidence of the facts stated or contained therein. (3) In this section —“court” includes an arbitral tribunal; “registrar” means —(a) the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar or an Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court, in any case where proceedings are taken in the General Division of the High Court (other than the Family Division thereof), the Appellate Division of the High Court or the Court of Appeal; (b) the registrar, the deputy registrar or an assistant registrar of the Family Justice Courts, in any case where proceedings are taken in the Family Division of the High Court, a Family Court or a Youth Court; or (c) the registrar or a deputy registrar of the State Courts, in any case where proceedings are taken in a State Court.[27/2014; 40/2019] [Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022]