Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Place of arbitration
(1) The parties are free to agree on the juridicial seat of arbitration and the location of any hearing or meeting. (2) Failing an…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Determination of rules of procedure
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the parties are free to agree on the procedure to be followed by the arbitral tribunal…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
General duty of parties
The parties to arbitration shall do all things necessary for the proper and expeditious conduct of the arbitral proceedings.
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Equal treatment of parties
The parties shall be treated with equality and each party shall subject to section 20, be given a fair and reasonable opportunity…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Power of arbitral tribunal
(1) Unless the parties otherwise agree, an arbitral tribunal may, on the application of a party— (a) order any party to take such…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Competence of arbitral tribunal to rule on its jurisdiction
(1) The arbitral tribunal may rule on its own jurisdiction, including ruling on any objections with respect to the existence or va…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Immunity of arbitrator
(1) An arbitrator shall not be liable for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith in the discharge or purported discharg…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Withdrawal of arbitrator
(1) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, an arbitrator who withdraws from his office may, if prior notice has been given to the…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Termination of mandate and substitution of arbitrator
(1) Where the mandate of an arbitrator is terminated under section 14 or 15, asubstitute arbitrator shall be appointed in accordan…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Failure or impossibility to act
(1) The mandate of an arbitrator shall terminate if— (a) he is unable to perform the functions of his office or for any other reas…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Challenge procedure
(1) Subject to subsection (3), the parties are free to agree on a procedure for challenging an arbitrator. (2) Failing an agreemen…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Grounds for challenge
(1) When a person is approached in connection with his possible appointmentas an arbitrator, he shall disclose any circumstances l…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Appointment of arbitrators
(1) No person shall be precluded by reason of that person’s nationality from acting as an arbitrator, unless otherwise agreed by t…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Determination of number of arbitrators
(1) The parties are free to determine the number of arbitrators. (2) Failing such determination, the number of arbitrators shall b…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Extent of court intervention
Except as provided in this Act, no court shall intervene in matters governed by this Act.
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Receipt of, written communications
(1) Unless otherwise agreed in writing between the parties any communication made pursuant to or for the purposes of an arbitratio…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Death of a party
(1) An arbitration agreement is not discharged by the death of any party thereto,either as respects the deceased or any other part…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Interim measures by court
(1) It is not incompatible with an arbitration agreement for a party to requestfrom the High Court, before or during arbitral proc…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Stay of legal proceedings
(1) A court before which proceedings are brought in a matter which is thesubject of an arbitration agreement shall, if a party so…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Waiver of right to object
A party who knows that any provision of this Act from which the parties may derogate or any requirement under the arbitration agre…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Form of arbitration agreement
(1) An arbitration agreement may be in the form of an arbitration clause in acontract or in the form of a separate agreement. (2)…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Interpretation
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “arbitration” means any arbitration whether or not administered by a perma…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Application
Except as otherwise provided in a particular case the provisions of this Act shall apply to domestic arbitration and international…
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Arbitration Act CAP 49▤
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Arbitration Act, 1995.
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