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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Arbitration Act, 1940 [Repealed] Section 16

Power to Remit Award

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Arbitration Act, 1940 [Repealed] Section 16 is part of Arbitration Act, 1940 [Repealed] - Power to Remit Award. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) The Court may from time to time remit the award or any matter referred to arbitration to the arbitrators or umpire for reconsideration upon such terms as it thinks fit, -

(a) where the award has left undetermined any of the matters referred to arbitration, or where it determines any matter not referred to arbitration and such matter cannot be separated without affecting the determination of the matters referred; or

(b) where the award is so indefinite as to be incapable of execution; or

(c) where an objection to the legality of the award is apparent upon the face of it.

(2) Where an award is remitted under sub-section (1) the Court shall fix the time within which the arbitrator or umpire shall submit his decision to the Court:

Provided that any time so fixed may be extended by subsequent order to the Court.

(3) An award remitted under sub-section (1) shall become void on the failure of the arbitrator or umpire to reconsider it and submit his decision within the time fixed.

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What does Arbitration Act, 1940 [Repealed] Section 16 provide?

Section Section 16 of the Arbitration Act, 1940 [Repealed] (Power to Remit Award) is reproduced on this page as part of the Arbitration Act, 1940 [Repealed]. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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