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Foreign Awards (Recognition and Enforcement) Act, 1961 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1961

.....and the Geneva Convention of 1927 to which India was a party and which were given effect to in India by the Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act, 1937. This Act was, therefore enacted to adopt the then prevailing practices of arbitration in India to the regulations of the Geneva Protocol on Arbitration Clauses of 1923 and Geneva Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards of 1927. 2. It was, however, felt that the Geneva Convention hampered the speedy settlement of disputes through arbitration and hence no longer met the requirements of the international trade due to the following principal defects :--- (a) it placed an undue emphasis on the law of the land, the selection of arbitrators, the procedure to be followed by these tribunals, etc., and (b) it laid too much emphasis on the remedies that were open to parties to invoke the law of the country for the purposes of setting aside the awards. Therefore, in order to remedy, inter alia, the above-mentioned defects, a draft Convention was prepared by the International Chambers of Commerce, which was considered by the United Nations Economic and Social Council in consultation with the Governments of various.....

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Part II

Title: Enforcement of Certain Foreign Awards

State: Central

Year: 1996

.....in India of any award or of availing himself in India of any award or of availing himself in India of any award if this Chapter had not been enacted. Section 52 - Chapter II not to apply Chapter II of this Part shall not apply in relation to foreign awards to which this Chapter applies. ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT, 1996Chapter - GENEVA CONVENTION AWARDS Section 53 - Interpretation In this Chapter "foreign award" means an arbitral award on differences relating to matters considered as commercial under the law in force in India made after the 28th day of July, 1924, (a) in pursuance of an agreement for arbitration to which the Protocol set forth in the Second Schedule applies, and (b) between persons of whom one is subject to the jurisdiction of some one of such Powers as the Central Government, being satisfied that reciprocal provisions have been made, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be parties to the Convention set forth in the Third Schedule, and of whom the other is subject to the jurisdiction of some other of the Powers aforesaid, and (c) in one of such territories as the Central Government, being satisfied that reciprocal.....

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1996

ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT, 1996 ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT, 1996 [Act No. 26 of Year 1996, dated 16th. August, 1996] An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to domestic arbitration, international commercial arbitration and enforcement of foreign arbitral award as also to define the law relating to conciliation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. PREAMBLE WHEREAS the United Nations Commission on International Trade law (UNCITRAL) has adopted the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration in 1985; AND WHEREAS the General Assembly of the United Nations has recommended that all countries give due consideration to the said Model Law, in view of the desirability of uniformity of the law of arbitral procedures and the specific needs of international commercial arbitration practice; AND WHEREAS the UNCITRAL has adopted the UNCITRAL Conciliation Rules in 1980; AND WHEREAS the General Assembly of the United Nations has recommended the use of the said Rules in cases where a dispute arises in the context of international commercial relations and the parties seek on amicable settlement of that dispute by recourse to.....

Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act, 1937 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

State: Central

Year: 1937

.....who inlaw represents the estate of a deceased person, and includes any person whointermeddles with the estate of the deceased, and, where a party acts in arepresentative character, the person on whom the estate devolves on the deathof the party so acting; (h) "party" means a party to an arbitrationagreement. (2) This Part shall apply where the place of arbitrationis in India. (3) This Part shall not affect any other law for the timebeing in force by virtue of which certain disputes may not be submitted toarbitration. (4) This Part except sub-section (1) of section 40,sections 41 and 43 shall apply to every arbitration under any other enactmentfor the time being in force, as if the arbitration were pursuant to anarbitration agreement and as if that other enactment were an arbitrationagreement, except in so far as the provision of this Part are inconsistent withthat other enactment or with any rules madethereunder; (5) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (4), and savein so far as is otherwise provided by any law for the time being in force or inany agreement in force between India and any other country or countries, thisPart shall apply to all arbitrations and to.....

Arbitration Act, 1940 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

State: Central

Year: 1940

.....who inlaw represents the estate of a deceased person, and includes any person whointermeddles with the estate of the deceased, and, where a party acts in arepresentative character, the person on whom the estate devolves on the deathof the party so acting; (h) "party" means a party to an arbitrationagreement. (2) This Part shall apply where the place of arbitrationis in India. (3) This Part shall not affect any other law for the timebeing in force by virtue of which certain disputes may not be submitted toarbitration. (4) This Part except sub-section (1) of section 40,sections 41 and 43 shall apply to every arbitration under any other enactmentfor the time being in force, as if the arbitration were pursuant to anarbitration agreement and as if that other enactment were an arbitrationagreement, except in so far as the provision of this Part are inconsistent withthat other enactment or with any rules madethereunder; (5) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (4), and savein so far as is otherwise provided by any law for the time being in force or inany agreement in force between India and any other country or countries, thisPart shall apply to all arbitrations and to.....

Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act,1937 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1937

.....of"an agreement whether relating to existing or future differences "between parties subject respectively to the jurisdiction of different Contracting States by which the parlies to a contract agree to submit to arbitration - all or any differences that may arise in connection with such contract relating to commercial matters or to any other matter capable of a settlement by arbitration, whether or not the arbitration is to take place in a country to whose jurisdiction none of the parties is subject. Each Contracting State reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned above to contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law. Any contracting State which avails itself of this right will notify the Secretary -General of the League of Nations in order that the other Contracting States may be so informed. 2. The arbitral procedure, including the constitution of the Arbitral Tribunal, shall be governed by the will of the parties and by the law of the country in whose territory the arbitration takes place. The Contracting States agree to facilitate all steps in the procedure which require to be taken in their own territories, in accordance with the.....

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 Chapter I

Title: New York Convention Awards

State: Central

Year: 1996

.....parties toarbitration under section 45; (b) enforce a foreign award undersection 48, to the court authorised by law to hear appeals from such order. (2) No second appeal shall liefrom an order passed in appeal under this section, but nothing in this sectionshall affect or take away any right to appeal to the Supreme Court. Section 51 - Saving Nothing in this Chapter shall prejudice any rights which any person would have had of enforcing in India of any award or of availing himself in India of any award or of availing himself in India of any award if this Chapter had not been enacted. Section 52 - Chapter II not to apply Chapter II of this Part shall not apply in relation to foreign awards to which this Chapter applies.

Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 [Repealed] Complete Act

Title: Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 [Repealed]

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....- Money-changers Section8 - Restrictions on dealing in foreign exchange Section9 - Restrictions on payments Section10 - Blocked accounts Section11 - [Omitted] Section12 - [Omitted] Section13 - Restrictions on import and export of certain currency and bullion Section14 - Acquisition by Central Government of foreign exchange Section15 - [Omitted] Section16 - Duty of persons entitled to receive foreign exchange, etc. Section17 - [Omitted] Section18 - Payment for exported goods Section18A - Payment for lease, hire or other arrangement Section19 - Regulation of export and transfer of securities Section20 - [Omitted] Section21 - [Omitted] Section22 - Restrictions on issue of bearer securities Section23 - [Omitted] Section24 - Restriction on settlement, etc. Section25 - Restriction on holding of immovable property outside India Section26 - Certain provisions as to guarantee in respect of debt or other obligation Section27 - [Omitted] Section28 - Restrictions on the appointment of certain persons and companies as agents or technical or management advisers in India Section29 - Restrictions on establishment of place of business in India Section30 - Prior.....

Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 Complete Act

Title: Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976

State: Central

Year: 1976

.....to accept foreign contribution or hospitality Chapter 3 Section12 - Power to prohibit payment of currency received in contravention of the Act Section13 - Recipients of foreign contribution to maintain accounts, etc. Section14 - Inspection of accounts or records Section15 - Seizure of accounts or records Section15A - Audit of accounts Section16 - Seizure of article or currency received in contravention of the Act Section17 - Seizure to be made in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section18 - Confiscation of article or currency obtained in contravention of the Act Section19 - Adjudication of confiscation Section20 - Opportunity to be given before adjudication of confiscation Section21 - Appeal Section22 - Penalty for article or currency obtained in contravention of section 12 Section23 - Punishment for the contravention of any provision of the Act Section24 - Power to impose additional fine where article or currency is not available for confiscation Section25 - Penalty for offences where no separate punishment has been provided Section25A - Prohibition of acceptance of foreign contribution Section26 - Offences by companies Section27 -.....

Foreign Marriage Act, 1969 Complete Act

Title: Foreign Marriage Act, 1969

State: Central

Year: 1969

.....for bigamy Section20 - Punishment for contravention of certain other conditions for marriage Section21 - Punishment for false declaration Section22 - Punishment for wrongful action of Marriage Officer Chapter VI Section23 - Recognition of marriages solemnized under law of other countries Section24 - Certification of documents of marriages solemnized in accordance with local law in a foreign country Section25 - Certified copy of entries to be evidences Section26 - Correction of errors Section27 - Act not to affect validity of marriages outside it Section28 - Power to make rules Section29 - Amendment of Act 43 of 1954 Section30 - Repeal ScheduleI - FIRST SCHEDULE ScheduleII - SECOND SCHEDULE ScheduleIII - THIRD SCHEDULE