Act Number: 26

Act Name: The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

Year: 1996

Enactment Date: 1996-08-16

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to domestic arbitration, international commercial arbitration and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards as also to define the law relating to conciliation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Legal Affairs

Section 61: Application and scope.
    (1) Save as otherwise provided by any law for the time being in force and unless the parties have otherwise agreed, this Part shall apply to conciliation of disputes arising out of legal relationship, whether contractual or not and to all proceedings relating thereto.
     (2) This Part shall not apply where by virtue of any law for the time being in force certain disputes may not be submitted to conciliation.
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