5. Amendment of section 11

Section 11 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(e), by inserting after the word “dispute”

the words “, whether by way of arrest of property or bail or other security pursuant to the admiralty jurisdiction of the High Court”; and

(b)

by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

“(3) This section shall also apply in respect of an international arbitration, where the seat of arbitration is not in Malaysia.”.

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