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PREAMBLE

Preamble

Act: Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act 1937

Section Provisions

THE ARBITRATION (PROTOCOL AND CONVENTION) ACT, 1937 THE ARBITRATION (PROTOCOL AND CONVENTION) ACT, 1937. ACT No. VI of 1937 [4th March, 1937] An Act to make certain further provisions respecting the law of arbitration in Pakistan. WHEREAS India was a State signatory to the Protocol on Arbitration Clauses set forth in the First Schedule, and to the Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards set forth in the Second Schedule, subject in each case to a reservation of the right to limit its obligations in respect thereof to contracts which are considered as commercial under the law in force in Pakistan ; AND WHEREAS it is expedient, for the purpose of giving effect to the said Protocol and of enabling the said Convention to be come operative in Pakistan, to make certain further provisions respecting the law of arbitration ; It is hereby enacted as follows :‑------