Malaysia legislation

Section 6

of CONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS ACT 1985

Section 6

(2)

This section applies to any arbitration agreement which is not a domestic arbitration agreement and section 6 of the Arbitration Act 1952 shall not apply to an arbitration agreement to which this section applies.

(3)

In this section, "domestic arbitration agreement"

means an arbitration agreement which does not provide, expressly or by implication, for arbitration in a State other than Malaysia and to which neither

(a)

an individual who is a national of, or habitually resident in, any State other than Malaysia; nor

6) a body corporate which is incorporated in, or whose central management and control is exercised in, any State other than Malaysia,

1s a party at the time the proceedings are commencea.

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cONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF

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FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDSs

Section 6 — CONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS ACT 1985