Arbitration Act 1940
Section 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 :
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.
vide G.S.R. 375 (E) , dated
22nd August, 1996 .