Arbitration Act 1940
Section 43
Limitations
(1) The Limitation Act, 1963, shall, apply to
arbitrations as it applies to proceedings in court.
(2) For the purposes of this section and the
Limitation Act ,1963 , an arbitration shall be deemed to
have commenced on the date referred in section 21.
(3) Where an arbitration agreement to submit
future disputes to arbitration provides that any claim to which the agreement
applies shall be barred unless some step to commence arbitral proceedings is
taken within a time fixed by the agreement, and a dispute arises to which the
agreement applies, the Court, if it is of opinion that in the circumstances of
the case undue hardship would otherwise be caused, and notwithstanding that the
time so fixed has expired, may on such terms, if any, as the justice of the
case may require, extend the time for such period as it thinks proper.
(4) Where the Court orders that an arbitral
award be set aside, the period between the commencement of the arbitration and
the date of the order of the Court shall be excluded in computing the time
prescribed by the Limitation Act, 1963, for the Commencement of the proceedings
(including arbitration) with respect to the dispute so submitted.