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← International Arbitration Act 1994

International Arbitration Act 1994 s 13

s 13 Order to attend and order to produce documents

13.—(1) Any party to an arbitration agreement may request for the issue of an order to attend or an order to produce documents.[42/2005] [Act 31 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022] (2) If a witness is in Singapore, the General Division of the High Court may order that —(a) an order to attend be issued to compel the witness to attend before an arbitral tribunal and give evidence; or (b) an order to produce documents be issued to compel the witness to attend before an arbitral tribunal and produce specified documents.[Act 31 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022] (3) The General Division of the High Court may also issue an order under section 38 of the Prisons Act 1933 to bring up a prisoner for examination before an arbitral tribunal.[12/2012; 40/2019] (4) A person must not be compelled under an order mentioned in subsection (1) or (2)(a) or (b) to produce any document which the person could not be compelled to produce on the trial of an action.[42/2005] [Act 31 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022] [Act 31 of 2022 wef 01/11/2022]

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