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

Chapter 3 : Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and Foreign Arbitral Awards

14. Definitions

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In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates—

(a) ‘‘certified copy’’ means a copy authenticated in a manner in which foreign documents must be authenticated to enable them to be produced in any court;
(b) ‘‘Convention’’ means the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign ArbitralAwards of 1958, the text of which is set out in Schedule 3;
(c) ‘‘court’’ means any Division of the High Court referred to in section 6(1) of the Superior Courts Act, 2013 (Act No. 10 of 2013), or any local seat thereof having jurisdiction; and
(d) ‘‘foreign arbitral award’’ means an arbitral award made in the territory of a state other than the Republic.