Arbitration and Conciliation Act,1996
Act No : 26
Section :
Definitions.
2. Definitions. (1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "arbitration' means any arbitration whether or not administered by permanent arbitral institution; (b) "arbitration agreement" means an agreement referred to in section 7; (c) "arbitral award" includes an interim award; 3 (d) "arbitral tribunal" means a sole arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators; (e) "Court" means the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction in a district, and includes the High Court in exercise of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction, having jurisdiction to decide the questions forming the subject-matter of the arbitration if the same had been the subject-matter of a suit, but does not-include any civil court of a grade inferior to such principal Civil Court, or any Court of Small Causes; (f) "international commercial arbitration" means an arbitration relating to disputes arising out of legal relationships, whether contractual or not, considered as commercial under the law in for in India and where at least one of the parties is- (i) an individual who is a national of, or habitually resident in, any country other than India; or (ii) a body corporate which is incorporated in any country other than India; or (iii) a company or ail association or a body of individuals whose central management and control is exercised in any country other than India; or (iv) the Government of a foreign country; (g) "legal representative" means a person who in law represents the estate of a deceased person, and includes any person who intermeddles with the estate of the deceased, and, where a party acts in a representative character, the person on whom the estate devolves on the death of the party so acting; (h) "party" means a party to an arbitration agreement.
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