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ARBITRATION ORDINANCE—SCHEDULE 1 Article 5. Extent of court intervention In matters governed by this Law, no court shall intervene except where so provided in this Law.

[Note: See section 12.]

[Note: Section 13(2) to (6) has effect in substitution for article 6—see section 13.] CHAPTER II. ARBITRATION AGREEMENT Option I Article 7. Definition and form of arbitration agreement (As adopted by the Commission at its thirty-ninth session, in 2006) (1) “Arbitration agreement” is an agreement by the parties to submit to arbitration all or certain disputes which have arisen or which may arise between them in respect of a defined legal relationship, whether contractual or not. An arbitration agreement may be in the form of an arbitration clause in a contract or in the form of a separate agreement.

(2) The arbitration agreement shall be in writing.

(3) An arbitration agreement is in writing if its content is recorded in any form, whether or not the arbitration agreement or contract has been concluded orally, by conduct, or by other means.

(4) The requirement that an arbitration agreement be in writing is met by an electronic communication if the information contained therein is accessible so as to be useable for subsequent reference; “electronic communication” means any communication that the parties make by means of data messages; “data message” means information generated, sent, received or stored by electronic, magnetic, optical or similar means, including, but not limited to, electronic data interchange (EDI), electronic mail, telegram, telex or telecopy.