Sec. 50a-101. Scope of application.
Sec. 50a-101. Scope of application. (1) This chapter applies to international commercial arbitration, subject to any agreement in force between the United States of
America, including all territories and possessions, and any other country or countries.
(2) The provisions of this chapter, except sections 50a-108, 50a-109, 50a-135 and
50a-136, apply only if the place of arbitration is in this state.
(3) An arbitration is international if:
(a) The parties to an arbitration agreement have, at the time of the conclusion of
that agreement, their places of business in different countries; or
(b) One of the following places is situated outside the country in which the parties
have their places of business: (i) The place of arbitration if determined in, or pursuant
to, the arbitration agreement; (ii) any place where a substantial part of the obligations
of the commercial relationship is to be performed or the place with which the subject
matter of the dispute is most closely connected; or
(c) The parties have expressly agreed that the subject matter of the arbitration
agreement relates to more than one country.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) of this section:
(a) If a party has more than one place of business, the place of business is that which
has the closest relationship to the arbitration agreement;
(b) If a party does not have a place of business, reference is to be made to his habitual
residence.
(5) This chapter shall not affect any other law of this state by virtue of which certain
disputes may not be submitted to arbitration or may be submitted to arbitration only
according to provisions other than those of this chapter.
(P.A. 89-179, S. 1; P.A. 91-324, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 91-324 amended Subsec. (2) to delete provision limiting applicability to "arbitration agreements entered
into on or after October 1, 1989".