International Arbitration Act, 2017 (Act No. 15 of 2017)

Chapter 1 : General Provisions

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The objects of the Act are to—

(a)	facilitate the use of arbitration as a method of resolving international commercial disputes;

(b)	adopt the Model Law for use in international commercial disputes;

(c)	facilitate the recognition and enforcement of certain arbitration agreements and arbitral awards; and

(d)	give effect to the obligations of the Republic under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (1958), the text of which is set out in Schedule 3 to this Act, subject to the provisions of the Constitution.