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Mediation Ordinance

Ord. No. 15 of 2012
Section 1
A1615

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION


Ordinance No. 15 of 2012

L.S.

Donald TSANG
Chief Executive
21 June 2012

An Ordinance to provide a regulatory framework in respect of certain aspects of the conduct of mediation and to make consequential and related amendments.

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Enacted by the Legislative Council.

1. Short title and commencement

(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Mediation Ordinance.

(2) This Ordinance comes into operation on a day to be appointed by the Secretary for Justice by notice published in the Gazette.

2. Interpretation

(1) In this Ordinance—

agreement to mediate (調解協議) means an agreement in writing by 2 or more persons to submit a dispute between them to mediation, regardless of—

(a) whether the agreement is in the form of a mediation clause in an agreement or in the form of a separate agreement;
(b) whether the agreement is made before or after the dispute arises; and