The objects of the Act are to—
| (a) | facilitate the use of arbitration as a method of resolving international commercial disputes; |
| (b) | adopt the Model Law for use in international commercial disputes; |
| (c) | facilitate the recognition and enforcement of certain arbitration agreements and arbitral awards; and |
| (d) | give effect to the obligations of the Republic under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (1958), the text of which is set out in Schedule 3 to this Act, subject to the provisions of the Constitution. |
