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Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996



CHAPTER II: ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

7. Arbitration agreement

(1) In this part "arbitration agreement" means an agreement by the parties to submit to arbitration all or certain disputes which have arisen or which may arise between them in respect of a defined legal relationship, whether contractual or not.

(2) An arbitration agreement may be in the form of an arbitration clause in a contract or in the form of a separate agreement.

(3) An arbitration agreement shall be in writing.

(4) An arbitration agreement is in writing if it is contained in-

(a) a document signed by the parties;

(b) an exchange of letters, telex, telegrams or other means of telecommunication which provide a record of the agreement; or

(c) an exchange of statements of claim and defence in which the existence of the agreement is alleged by one party and not denied by the other.

(5) The reference in a contract to a document containing an arbitration clause constitutes an arbitration agreement if the contract is in writing and the reference is such as to make that arbitration clause part of the contract.

8. Power to refer parties to arbitration where there is an arbitration agreement

(1) A judicial authority before which an action is brought in a matter which is the subject of an arbitration agreement shall, if a party so applies not later than when submitting his first statement on the substance of the dispute, refer the parties to arbitration.

(2) The application referred to in sub-section (1) shall not be entertained unless it is accompanied by the original arbitration agreement or duly certified copy thereof.

(3) Notwithstanding that an application has been made under sub-section (1) and that the issue is pending before the judicial authority, an arbitration may be a commenced or continued and an arbitral award made.

9. Interim measures by Court

A party may, before or during arbitral proceedings or at any time after the making of the arbitral award but before it is enforced in accordance with section 36, apply to a Court-

(i) for the appointment of a guarding for a minor or a person of unsound mind for the purposes of arbitral proceedings; or

(ii) for an interim measure of protection in respect of any of the following matters, namely:-

(a) the preservation, interim custody or sale of any goods which are the subject-matter of the arbitration agreement;

(b) securing the amount in dispute in the arbitration;

(c) the detention, preservation or inspection of any property or thing which is the subject-matter of the dispute in arbitration, or as to which any question may arise therein and authorising for any of the aforesaid purposes any person to enter upon any land or building in the possession of any party, or authorising any samples to be taken or any observation to be made, or experiment to be tried, which may be necessary or expedient for the purpose of obtaining full information or evidence;

(d) interim injunction or the appointment of a receiver;

(e) such other interim measure of protection as may appear to the court to be just and convenient,

and the court shall have the same power for making orders as it has for the purpose of, and in relation to, any proceedings before it.

Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996

PREAMBLE

PRELIMINARY

PART I: ARBITRATION

CHAPTER I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER II: ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

CHAPTER III: COMPOSITION OF ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL

CHAPTER IV: JURISDICTION OF ARBITRAL TRIBUNALS

CHAPTER V: CONDUCT OF ARBITRAL PROCEEDINGS

CHAPTER VI: MAKING OF ARBITRAL AWARD AND TERMINATION OF PROCEEDINGS

CHAPTER VII: RECOURSE AGAINST ARBITRAL AWARD

CHAPTER VIII: FINALITY AND ENFORCEMENT OF ARBITRAL AWARDS

CHAPTER IX: APPEALS

CHAPTER X: MISCELLANEOUS

PART II: ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN FOREIGN AWARDS

CHAPTER I: NEW YORK CONVENTION AWARDS

CHAPTER II: GENEVA CONVENTION AWARDS

PART III: CONCILIATION

PART IV: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

SCHEDULE I: CONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS

SCHEDULE II: PROTOCOL ON ARBITRATION CLAUSES

SCHEDULE III: CONVENTION OF THE EXECUTION OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS