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International Arbitration Act, No. 15 of 2017
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Afrikaans, except iro title/text/engrossments in the following sections: Sch1, Sch2 and Sch3 (Afrikaans/English/English),
NOTE: Assented to and published in English, with alternative copy in Afrikaans, except iro title/text/engrossments in the following sections: Sch1, Sch2 and Sch3 (Afrikaans/English/English),
Long title
To provide for the incorporation of the Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, as adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, into South African law; to provide anew for the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards; to repeal the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards Act, 1977; to amend the Protection of Businesses Act, 1978, so as to delete an expression; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS | |
| CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS | |
| 1. | Definitions |
| 2. | Interpretation |
| 3. | Objects of Act |
| 4. | Exclusion of Act 42 of 1965 |
| 5. | Act binds public bodies |
| CHAPTER 2. INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION | |
| 6. | Model Law to have force of law |
| 7. | Matters subject to international commercial arbitration |
| 8. | Interpretation of Model Law |
| 9. | Immunity of arbitrators and arbitral institutions |
| 10. | Consolidation of arbitral proceedings and concurrent hearings |
| 11. | Confidentiality of arbitral proceedings |
| 12. | Right to conciliation process |
| 13. | Application of UNCITRAL Conciliation Rules |
| CHAPTER 3. RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS AND FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS | |
| 14. | Definitions |
| 15. | Determination of juridical seat of arbitration |
| 16. | Recognition and enforcement of arbitration agreements and foreign arbitral awards |
| 17. | Evidence to be produced by party seeking recognition or enforcement |
| 18. | Refusal of recognition or enforcement |
| 19. | Savings |
| CHAPTER 4. TRANSITIONAL AND OTHER PROVISIONS | |
| 20. | Transitional provisions |
| 21. | Repeal or amendment of laws |
| 22. | Short title and commencement |
| Sch. 1. | SCHEDULE 1. UNCITRAL MODEL LAW ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION [s1] |
| Sch. 2. | SCHEDULE 2. UNCITRAL CONCILIATION RULES [s13] |
| Sch. 3. | SCHEDULE 3. CONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS [s3 and s14] |
| Sch. 4. | LAWS REPEALED OR AMENDED [s21] |
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