Arbitration Act 1940
Section 53
Interpretation
In this Chapter "foreign award"
means an arbitral award on differences relating to matters considered as
commercial under the law in force in India made after the 28th day of July,
1924, -
(a) in pursuance of
an agreement for arbitration to which the Protocol set forth in the Second
Schedule applies, and
(b) between persons of whom one is subject to
the jurisdiction of some one of such Powers as the Central Government, being
satisfied that reciprocal provisions have been made, may, by notification in
the Official Gazette, declare to be parties to the Convention set forth in the
Third Schedule, and of whom the other is subject to the jurisdiction of some
other of the Powers aforesaid, and
(c) in one of such territories as the Central
Government, being satisfied that reciprocal provisions have been made, may, by
like notification, declare to be territories to which the said Convention
applies, and for the purposes of this Chapter an award shall not be deemed to
be final if any proceedings for the purpose of contesting the validity of the
award are pending in the country in which it was made.