The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
1. Short title.
extent and commencement.
1.
This
Act may be called the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
2.
It
extends to the whole of India: Provided that Parts I, III and IV shall extend
to the State of Jammu and Kashmir only in so far as they relate to
international commercial arbitration or, as the case may be, international
commercial conciliation. Explanation.-In this sub-section, the expression
'international commercial conciliation" shall have the same meaning as the
expression "international commercial arbitration" in clause (f) of
sub-section (1) of section 2, subject to the modification that for the word
'arbitration" occurring therein, the word "conciliation" shall
be substituted.
3.
It
shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.