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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-2B-01" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="2B" subtitle_name="International Commercial Arbitration">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Arbitral tribunal” means a sole arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“International commercial arbitration” means an arbitration in which:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The relevant place of business of at least 1 of the parties to the agreement is in a country other than the United States; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If none of the parties has a relevant place of business in a country other than the United States, the relationship between any of the parties to an arbitration agreement involves property located abroad, envisages performance or enforcement abroad, or has some other reasonable relation with 1 or more foreign countries.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If a party has more than 1 place of business, the relevant place of business shall be the place of business:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>That has the closest relationship to the arbitration agreement; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Designated by the agreement of the parties.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If a party does not have a place of business, the party’s habitual residence shall be deemed the place of business.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
