Section 55Central Act

Section 55: Foreign awards when binding.

The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

Any foreign award which would be enforceable under this Chapter shall be treated as binding for all purposes on the persons as between whom it was made, and may accordingly be relied on by any of those persons by way of defence, set off or otherwise in any legal proceedings in India and any references in this Chapter to enforcing a foreign award shall be construed as including references to relying on an award.

Sec 54 — Power of judicial authority to refer parties to arbitration.

Sec 56 — Evidence.

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