[SG] AA 2001 Singapore Arbitration Act 2001
[SG] AA 2001
Singapore Arbitration Act 2001
(1) Where any person is approached in connection with his or her possible appointment as an arbitrator, that person must disclose any circumstance likely to give rise to justifiable doubts as to his or her impartiality or independence.
(2) An arbitrator must, from the time of his or her appointment and throughout the arbitral proceedings, disclose without delay any circumstance mentioned in subsection (1) to the parties unless they have already been so informed by him or her.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), an arbitrator may be challenged only if —
(a) circumstances exist that give rise to justifiable doubts as to his or her impartiality or independence; or
(b) he or she does not possess the qualifications agreed to by the parties.
(4) A party who has appointed or participated in the appointment of any arbitrator may challenge the arbitrator only if the party becomes aware of any of the grounds of challenge set out in subsection (3) as may be applicable to the arbitrator after the arbitrator has been appointed.
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