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Acts & Ordinances
ARBITRATION
Marginal Notes
1. This Act may be cited as the Arbitration Act, No 11 of 1995 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette (hereinafter referred to as the ?appointed date").
2. Application.
3. Form of arbitration agreement.
4. Arbitrability of the dispute.
5. Jurisdiction of Court in respect of dispute covered by arbitration agreement.
6. Number of Arbitrator.
7. Appointment of arbitrators.
8. Termination of Arbitrator's mandatory and removal of Arbitrator.
9. Appointment of substitute arbitrator.
10. Grounds for challenge.
11. Competence of Arbitral Tribunal.
12. Severability of agreement.
13. Interim measures of protection.
14. Settlement.
15. Duties of Arbitral tribunal.
16. Place of arbitration.
17. Determination of rules of procedure.
18. Commencement of arbitral proceedings.
19. Manner in which decisions are made.
20. Parties may obtain summons.
21. Refusal or failure to attend before arbitral tribunal.
22. Evidence before arbitral tribunal.
23. Representation.
24. Law applicable to the substance of dispute.
25. Form and content of award.
26. Award to be final.
27. Correction and interpretation of award; Additional awards.
28. Interest.
29. Compensation of arbitrators.
30. Award not to be withheld.
31. Application for filing and enforcement of award.
32. Application for setting aside arbitral award.
33. Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.
34. Grounds for refusing recognition or enforcement.
35. Power to consolidate an application to set aside with an application for filing of an award.
36. Remissions to arbitral tribunal.
37. Appeals.
38. Exclusion agreement.
39. Delay in prosecuting claims.
40. Procedure.
41. Enforcement.
42. Service of notices and summons.
43. Rules of the Supreme Court.
44. Calculation of time.
45. Liability of Arbitrator.
46. Death of party.
47. Repeals.
48. Application to other Laws providing for arbitration.
49. Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency .
50. Interpretation.