[SG] AA 2001 Singapore Arbitration Act 2001
[SG] AA 2001
Singapore Arbitration Act 2001
(1) If all parties to any arbitral proceedings consent in writing and for so long as no party has withdrawn the party’s written consent, an arbitrator may act as a mediator.
(2) An arbitrator acting as a mediator —
(a) may communicate with the parties to the arbitral proceedings collectively or separately; and
(b) must treat information obtained by him or her from a party to the arbitral proceedings as confidential, unless that party otherwise agrees or unless subsection (3) applies.
(3) Where confidential information is obtained by an arbitrator from a party to the arbitral proceedings during mediation proceedings and those proceedings terminate without the parties reaching agreement in settlement of their dispute, the arbitrator must before resuming the arbitral proceedings disclose to all other parties to the arbitral proceedings as much of that information as he or she considers material to the arbitral proceedings.
(4) No objection is to be taken to the conduct of arbitral proceedings by a person solely on the ground that that person had acted previously as a mediator in accordance with this section.
(5) For the purposes of this section and section 62 —
(a) any reference to a mediator includes a reference to any person who acts as a conciliator;
(b) any reference to mediation proceedings includes a reference to conciliation proceedings.
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