Arbitration Act 1940
Section 38
Deposits
(1) The arbitral tribunal may fix the amount
of the deposit or supplementary deposit, as the case may be, as an advance for
the costs referred to in sub-section (8) of section 31, which it expects will
be incurred in respect of the claim submitted to it :
Provided that where, apart from the claim, a
counter-claim has been submitted to the arbitral tribunal, it may fix separate
amount of deposit for the claim and counter-claim.
(2) The deposit referred to in sub-section (1)
shall be payable in equal shares by the parties :
Provided that where one party fails to pay his share
of the deposit, the other party may pay that share :
Provided further that where the other party also
does not pay the aforesaid share in respect of the claim or the counter-claim,
the arbitral tribunal may suspend or terminate the arbitral proceedings in
respect of such claim or counter-claim, as the case may be.
(3) Upon termination of the arbitral
proceedings, the arbitral tribunal shall render an accounting to the parties of
the deposits received and shall return any unexpended balance to the party or
parties, as the case may be.