Arbitration Act 1940
Section 44
Definition
In this, Chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires, "foreign award" means an arbitral award on differences
between persons arising out of legal relationships, whether contractual or not,
considered as commercial under the law in force in India, made on or after the
11th day of October, 1960 -
(a) in pursuance of
an agreement in writing for arbitration to which the Convention set forth in
the First Schedule applies, and
(b) in one of such
territories as the Central Government, being satisfied that reciprocal
provisions have been made may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare
to be territories to which said Convention applies.