Hong Kong Ordinances

ARBITRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 2AA

Objective and principles of Ordinance

Due to technical constraints, sections 2AA, 2AB, 2AC and 2AD of this Ordinance
are placed after section 2A in the BLIS system. The correct sequence of the
sections should be "2AA, 2AB, 2AC, 2AD, 2A".

(1) The object of this Ordinance is to facilitate the fair and speedy
resolution of disputes by arbitration without unnecessary expense.

(2) This Ordinance is based on the principles that-

   (a)  subject to the observance of such safeguards as are necessary in the
        public interest, the parties to a dispute should be free to agree how
        the dispute should be resolved; and

   (b)  the Court should interfere in the arbitration of a dispute only as
        expressly provided by this Ordinance. (Added 75 of 1996 s. 4)