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Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/133110

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Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (1996) is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Preamble1 - Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
Section1 - SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT
Chapter1 - DEFINITIONS
Chapter2 - RECEIPT OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
Section4 - WAIVER OF RIGHT TO OBJECT A party who knows that
Section5 - EXTENT OF JUDICIAL INTERVENTION Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, in
Section6 - ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE In order to facilitate the conduct of the arbitral proceedings, the parties or the arbitral
Section8 - POWER TO REFER PARTIES TO ARBITRATION WHERE THERE IS AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT
Section9 - INTERIM MEASURES BY COURT A party may, before or during arbitral proceedings or at any time after the making of the
Chapter3 - : COMPOSITION OF ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL
Chapter4 - APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATORS
Chapter5 - GROUNDS FOR CHALLENGE
Chapter6 - CHALLENGE PROCEDURE
Chapter7 - FAILURE OR IMPOSSIBILITY TO ACT
Section15 - Termination of mandate and substitution of arbitrator
Section16 - Competence of arbitral tribunal to rule on its jurisdiction
Chapter8 - INTERIM MEASURES ORDERED BY ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL
Section18 - EQUAL TREATMENT OF PARTIES The parties shall be treated with equality and each party shall be given a full opportunity
Chapter9 - DETERMINATION OF RULES OF PROCEDURE
Chapter10 - PLACE OF ARBITRATION
Section21 - COMMENCEMENT OF ARBITRAL PROCEEDINGS Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the arbitral proceedings in respect of a
Chapter11 - LANGUAGE
Chapter12 - STATEMENTS OF CLAIM AND DEFENCE
Chapter13 - HEARINGS AND WRITTEN PROCEEDINGS
Section25 - DEFAULT OF A PARTY Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, where, without showing sufficient cause
Chapter14 - EXPERT APPOINTED BY ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL
Chapter15 - COURT ASSISTANCE IN TAKING EVIDENCE
Chapter16 - RULES APPLICABLE TO SUBSTANCE OF DISPUTE
Chapter17 - DECISION MAKING BY PANEL OF ARBITRATORS
Chapter18 - SETTLEMENT
Chapter19 - FORM AND CONTENTS OF ARBITRAL AWARD
Chapter20 - TERMINATION OF PROCEEDINGS
Section33 - CORRECTION AND INTERPRETATION OF AWARD; ADDITIONAL AWARD
Chapter21 - APPLICATION FOR SETTING ASIDE ARBITRAL AWARD
Section35 - FINALITY OF ARBITRAL AWARDS Subject to this Part an arbitral award shall be final and binding on the parties and
Section36 - ENFORCEMENT Where the time for making an application to set aside the arbitral award under section 34 has expired, or
Chapter22 - APPEALABLE ORDERS
Chapter23 - DEPOSITS
Section39 - LIEN ON ARBITRAL AWARD AND DEPOSITS AS TO COSTS
Section40 - ARBITRATION AGREEMENT NOT TO BE DISCHARGED BY DEATH OF PARTY THERETO
Chapter24 - PROVISIONS IN CASE OF INSOLVENCY
Section42 - JURISDICTION Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Part or in any other law for the time being in force,
Chapter25 - LIMITATION
Section44 - DEFINITION In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "foreign award" means an arbitral award on
Section45 - POWER OF JUDICIAL AUTHORITY TO REFER PARTIES TO ARBITRATION Notwithstanding anything contained in Part I or in the Code
Section46 - WHEN FOREIGN AWARD BINDING Any foreign award which would be enforceable under this chapter shall be treated as binding
Chapter26 - EVIDENCE
Chapter27 - CONDITIONS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN AWARDS
Section49 - ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN AWARDS Where the court is satisfied that the foreign award is enforceable under this chapter,
Chapter28 - APPEALABLE ORDERS
Section51 - SAVING Nothing in this chapter shall prejudice any rights which any person would have had of enforcing in India of any
Section52 - CHAPTER II NOT TO APPLY Chapter II of this Part shall not apply in relation to foreign awards to which this chapter
Section53 - INTERPRETATION In this chapter "foreign award" means an arbitral award on differences relating to matters considered as
Section54 - POWER OF JUDICIAL AUTHORITY TO REFER PARTIES TO ARBITRATION Notwithstanding anything contained in Part I or in the Code
Section55 - FOREIGN AWARDS WHEN BINDING Any foreign award which would be enforceable under this chapter shall be treated as binding
Chapter29 - EVIDENCE
Chapter30 - CONDITIONS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN AWARDS
Section58 - ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN AWARDS Where the court is satisfied that the foreign award is enforceable under this chapter,
Chapter31 - APPEALABLE ORDERS
Chapter32 - APPLICATION AND SCOPE
Chapter33 - NUMBER OF CONCILIATORS
Chapter34 - APPOINTMENT OF CONCILIATORS
Section65 - Submission of statements to conciliator
Section66 - CONCILIATOR NOT BOUND BY CERTAIN ENACTMENTS The conciliator is not bound by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 or the
Chapter35 - ROLE OF CONCILIATOR
Section68 - ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE In order to facilitate the conduct of the conciliation proceedings, the parties, or the
Chapter36 - COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CONCILIATOR AND PARTIES
Section70 - DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION When the conciliator receives factual information concerning the dispute from a party, he
Section71 - CO-OPERATION OF PARTIES WITH CONCILIATOR These parties shall in good faith co-operate with the conciliator and, in
Section72 - SUGGESTIONS BY PARTIES FOR SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTE Each party may, on his own initiative or at the invitation of the
Chapter37 - SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
Section74 - STATUS AND EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT The settlement agreement shall have the same status and effect as if it is an
Section75 - CONFIDENTIALITY Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the conciliator and
Section76 - TERMINATION OF CONCILIATION PROCEEDINGS The conciliation proceedings shall be terminated,
Section77 - RESORT TO ARBITRAL OR JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS The parties shall not initiate, during the conciliation proceedings, any
Section78 - COSTS
Chapter38 - DEPOSITS
Section80 - ROLE OF CONCILIATOR IN OTHER PROCEEDINGS Unless otherwise agreed by the parties,
Section81 - ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE IN OTHER PROCEEDINGS The parties shall not rely on or introduce as evidence in arbitral or
Part4 - : SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Section82 - POWER OF HIGH COURT TO MAKE RULES The High Court may make rules consistent with this Act as to all proceedings before
Chapter39 - REMOVAL OF DIFFICULTIES
Chapter40 - POWER TO MAKE RULES
Chapter41 - REPEAL AND SAVING
Section86 - REPEAL OF ORDINANCE 27 OF 1996 AND SAVING
Article7 - applies to such denunciation. SCHEDULE III: CONVENTION OF THE EXECUTION OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS [Section 53] ARTICLE

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