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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. 2. Interpretation‑(1) In this Act "foreign award" means an award on h differences relating to matters considered as commercial under the t' law in force in Pakistan, made after the 28th day of July, 1924,‑ (a) in pursuance of an agreement for arbitration to which the Protocol set forth in the First Schedule applies, and (b) between persons of whom one is subject to the juris diction of some one of such Powers as the Central Government, being satisfied that reciprocal provi sions have been made, may, by notification 7 in the official Gazette, declare to be parties to the Con vention set forth in the Second Schedule, and of whom the other is subject to the jurisdiction of some other of the Powers aforesaid, and (c) in one of such territories as the Central Govern ment, being satisfied that reciprocal provisions have been made, may, by like notification, declare to be territories to which the said Convention applies, and for the purposes of this Act an award shall not be deemed to be final if any proceedings for the purpose of contesting the validity of the award are pending in the country in which it was made. (2) For the removal of doubt it is hereby declared that any notification issued under this section by the late Government of India before the fifteenth day of August, 1947, and in force on that day for the purpose of enforcement of foreign awards in British India, declaring any Power to be a party to the said Convention or any territory to be the territory to which the Convention applies, shall be deemed to be a notification issued by the Central Government for the purpose of enforcement of foreign awards in Pakis tan.