The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
56. Evidence.
1.
The
party applying for the enforcement of a foreign award shall, at the time of
application produce before the Court-
a. the original award or
a copy thereof duly authenticated. in the manner required by the law of the
country in which it was made;
b. evidence proving that
the award has become final; and
c. such evidence as may
be necessary to prove that the conditions mentioned in clauses (a) and (c) of
sub-section (1) of section 57 are satisfied.
1.
2.
Where
any document requiring to be produced under sub- section (1) is in a foreign
language, the party seeking to enforce the award shall produce a translation
into English certified as correct by a diplomatic or consular agent of the
country to which that party belongs or certified as correct in such other
manner as may be sufficient according to the law in force in India.
Explanation.-In this section and all the following sections of this Chapter,
"Court" means the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction in a
district, and includes the High Court in exercise of its ordinary original
civil jurisdiction, having jurisdiction over the subject-matter of the award if
the same had been the subject-matter of a suit, but does not include any civil
court of a grade inferior to such principal Civil Court, or any Court of Small
Causes.