SCHEDULE I  CONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS

 

[Section 44] 

 

Article I 

 

1. This Convention shall apply to the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards made in the territory of a State other than the State where the recognition and enforcement of such awards are sought and arising out of differences between persons  whether physical or legal. It shall also apply to arbitral awards not considered as domestic awards in the State where their recognition and enforcement are sought.

 

2. The term "arbitral awards" shall include not only awards made by arbitrators appointed for each case but also those made by permanent arbitral bodies to which the parties have submitted.

 

3. When signing ratifying or acceding to this Convention or notifying extension under article X hereof any State may on the basis of reciprocity declare that it will apply the Convention to the recognition and enforcement of awards made only in the territory of another Contracting State. It may also declare that it will apply the Convention only to differences arising out of legal relationships whether contractual or not which are considered as commercial under the national law of the State making such declaration.

 

Article II 

 

1. Each Contracting State shall recognise an agreement in writing under which the parties undertake to submit to arbitration all or any differences which have arisen or which may arise between them in respect of defined legal relationship whether contractual or not concerning a subject-matter capable of settlement by arbitration.

 

2. The term "agreement in writing" shall include an arbitral clause in a contract or an arbitration agreement signed by the parties or contained in an exchange of letters or telegrams.

 

3. The court of a Contracting State when seized of an action in a matter in respect of which the parties have made an agreement within the meaning of this articles shall at the request of one of the parties refer the parties to arbitration unless it finds that the said agreement is null and void inoperative or incapable of being performed.

 

Article III 

 

Each Contracting State shall recognize arbitral awards as binding and enforce them in accordance with the rules of procedure of the territory where the award is relied upon under the conditions laid down in the following articles. There shall not be imposed substantially more onerous conditions or higher fees or charges on the recognition or enforcement of arbitral awards to which this Convention applies than are imposed on the recognition or enforcement of domestic arbitral awards.

 

Article IV 

 

1. To obtain the recognition and enforcement mentioned in the preceding article the party applying for recognition and enforcement shall at the time of the application supply -

 

(a) the duly authenticated original Awarded or a duly certified copy thereof;

 

(b) the original agreement referred to in article II or a duly certified copy thereof.

 

2. If the said award or agreement is not made in an official language of the country in which the award is relied upon the party applying for recognition and enforcement of the award shall produce a translation of these documents into such language. The translation shall be certified by an official or sworn translator or by a diplomatic or consular agent.

 

Article V 

 

1. Recognition and enforcement of the award may be refused at the request of the party against whom it is invoked only if that party furnishes to the competent authority where the recognition and enforcement is sought proof that -

 

(a) the parties to the agreement referred to in article II were  under the law applicable to them under some incapacity or the said agreement is not valid under the law to which the parties have subjected it or failing any indication thereon under the law of the country where the award was made; or

 

(b) the party against whom the award is invoked was not given proper notice of the appointment of the arbitrator or of the arbitration proceedings or was otherwise unable to present his case; or

 

(c) the award deals with a difference not contemplated by or not falling within the terms of the submission to arbitration or it contains decisions on matters beyond the scope of the submission to arbitration provided that if the decisions on matters submitted to arbitration can be separated from those not so submitted that part of the award which contains decisions on matters submitted to arbitration may be recognised and enforced; or

 

(d) the composition of the arbitral authority or the arbitral procedure was not in accordance with the agreement of the parties or failing such agreement was not in accordance with the law of the country where the arbitration took place; or

 

(e) the award has not yet become binding on the parties or has been set aside or suspended by a competent authority of the country in which or under the law of which that award was made.

 

2. Recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award may also be refused if the competent authority in the country where recognition and enforcement is sought finds that -

 

(a) the subject-matter of the difference is not capable of settlement by arbitration under the law of that country; or

 

(b) the recognition or enforcement of the award would be contrary to the public policy of that country.

 

Article VI 

 

If an application for the setting aside or suspension of the award has been made to a competent authority referred to in article V(1)(e) the authority before which the award is sought to be relied upon may if it considers it proper adjourn the decision on the enforcement of the award and may also on the application of the party claiming enforcement of the award order the other party to give suitable security.

 

Article VII 

 

1. The provisions of the present Convention shall not affect the validity of multilateral or bilateral agreements concerning the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards entered into by the Contracting States nor deprive any interested party of any right he may to avail himself of an arbitral award in the manner and to the extent allowed by the law or the treaties of the country where such award is sought to be relied upon.

 

2. The Geneva Protocol on Arbitration Clauses of 1923 and the Geneva Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards of 1927 shall cease to have effect between Contracting States on their becoming bound and to the extent that they become bound by this Convention.

 

Article VIII 

 

1. This Convention shall be open until 31st December 1958 for signature on behalf of any Member of the United Nations and also on behalf of any other State which is or hereafter becomes member of any specialised agency of the United Nations or which is or hereafter becomes a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice or any other State to which an invitation has been addressed by the General Assembly of the United Nations.

 

2. This Convention shall be ratified and the instrument of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

 

Article IX 

 

1. This Convention shall be open for accession to all States referred to in article VIII.

 

2. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with Secretary-General of the United Nations.

 

Article X 

 

1. Any State may at the time of signature ratification or accession declare that this Convention shall extend to all or any of the territories for the international relations of which it is responsible. Such a declaration shall take effect when the Convention enters into force for the State concerned.

 

2. At any time thereafter any such extension shall be made by notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and shall take effect as from the ninetieth day after the day of receipt by the Secretary-General of the United Nations of this notification or as from the date of entry into force of the Convention for the State concerned whichever is the later.

 

3. With respect to those territories to which this Convention is not extended at the time of signature ratification or accession each State concerned shall consider the possibility of taking the necessary steps in order to extend the application of this Convention to such territories subject where necessary for constitutional reasons to the consent of the governments of such territories.

 

Article XI 

 

In the case of a federal or non-unitary State the following provisions shall apply -

 

(a) with respect to those articles of this Convention that come within the legislative jurisdiction of the federal authority the obligations of the federal Government shall to this extent be the same as those of Contracting States which are not federal States;

 

(b) with respect to those articles of this Convention that come within the legislative jurisdiction of constituent States or provinces which are not under the constitutional system of the federation bound to take legislative action the federal Government shall bring such articles with a favourable recommendation to the notice to the appropriate authorities of constituent States or provinces at the earliest possible moment;

 

(c) a federal State Party to this Convention shall at the request of any other Contracting State transmitted through the Secretary-General of the United Nations supply a statement of the law and practice of the federation and its constituent units in regard to any particular provisions of this Convention showing the extent to which effect has been given to the provision by legislative or other action.

 

Article XII 

 

1. This Convention shall come into force on the ninetieth day following the date of deposit of the third instrument of ratification or assession.

 

2. For each State ratifying or acceding to this Convention after the deposit of the third instrument of ratification or accession this Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification or accession.

 

Article XIII 

 

1. Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention by a written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Denunciation shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General.

 

2. Any State which has made a declaration or notification under article X may at any time thereafter by notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations declare that this Convention shall cease to extend to the territory concerned one year after the date of the receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General.

 

3. This Convention shall continue to be applicable to arbitral awards in respect of which recognition or enforcement proceedings have been instituted before the denunciation takes effect.

 

Article XIV 

 

A Contracting State shall not be entitled to avail itself of the present Convention against other Contracting States except to the extent that it is itself bound to apply the Convention.

 

Article XV 

 

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall notify the State contemplated in article VIII of the following :-

 

(a) signatures and ratifications in accordance with article VIII;

 

(b) accessions in accordance with article IX;

 

(c) declarations and notifications under articles I X and XI;

 

(d) the date upon which this Convention enters into force in accordance with article XII;

 

(e) denunciations and notifications in accordance with article XIII.

 

Article XVI 

 

1. This Convention of which the Chines English French Russian and Spanish texts shall be equally authentic shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations.

 

2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit a certified copy of this Convention to the States contemplated in article XIII.

 

SCHEDULE II PROTOCOL ON ARBITRATION CLAUSES   

 

[Section 53] 

 

The undersigned being duly authorised declare that they accept on behalf of the countries which they represent the following provisions -

 

1. Each of the Contracting States recognises the validity of an agreement whether relating to existing or future difference between parties subject respectively to the jurisdiction of different Contracting States by which the parties to a contract agree to submit to arbitration all or any difference that may arise in connection with such contract relating to commercial matters or to any other matter capable of settlement by arbitration whether or not the arbitration is to take place in a country to whose jurisdiction none of the parties is subject.

 

Each Contacting State reserves the right to limit the obligation mentioned above to contracts which are considered as commercial under its national law. Any Contracting State which avails itself of this right will notify the Secretary-General of the League of Nations in in order that the other Contracting State may be so informed.

 

2. The arbitral procedure including the constitution of the arbitral tribunal shall be governed by the will of the parties and by the law of the country in whose territory the arbitration takes place.

 

The Contracting States agree to facilitate all steps in the procedure which require to be taken in their own territories in accordance with the provisions of their law governing arbitral procedure applicable to existing differences.

 

3. Each Contracting State undertakes to ensure the execution by its authorities and in accordance with the provisions of its national laws of arbitral awards made in its own territory under the preceding articles.

 

4. The tribunals of the Contracting Parties on being seized of a dispute regarding a contract made between persons to whom Article I applies and including an Arbitration Agreement whether referring to present or future differences which is valid in virtue of the said article and capable of being carried into effect shall refer the parties on the application of either of them to the decision of the arbitrators.

 

Such reference shall not prejudice the competence of the judicial tribunals in case agreement or the arbitration cannot proceed or becomes inoperative.

 

5. The present Protocol which shall remain open for signature by all States shall be ratified. The ratification shall be deposited as soon as possible with the Secretary-General of the League of Nations who shall notify such deposit to all the Signatory States.

 

6. The present Protocol will come into force as soon as two ratifications have been deposited. Thereafter it will take effect in the case of each Contracting State one month after the notification by the Secretary-General of the deposit of its ratification.

 

7. The present Protocol may be denounced by the Contracting State on given one year's notice. Denunciation shall be effected by a notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the League who will immediately transmit copies of such notification to all the other Signatory States and inform them of the date on which it was received. The denunciation shall take effect one year after the date on which it was notified to the Secretary-General and shall operate only in respect of the notifying State.

 

8. The Contracting State may declare the their acceptance of the present Protocol does not include any or all of the undermentioned territories; that is to say their colonies overseas possessions or protectorates or the territories over which they exercise a mandate.

 

The said States may subsequently adhere separately on behalf of any territory thus excluded. The Secretary-General of the League of Nations shall be informed as soon as possible of such adhesions. He shall notify such adhesions to all Signatory States. They will take effect one month after the notification by the Secretary-General to all Signatory States.

 

The Contracting State may also denounce the Protocol separately on behalf of any of the territories referred to above. Article 7 applies to such denunciation.

 

SCHEDULE III  CONVENTION OF THE EXECUTION OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS 

 

[Section 53] 

 

Article 1 

 

(1) In the territories of any High Contracting Party to which the present Convention applies an arbitral award made in pursuance of an agreement whether relating to existing or future differences (hereinafter called "a submission to arbitration") covered by the Protocol on Arbitration Clauses opened at Geneva on September 24th 1923 shall be recognized as binding and shall be enforced in accordance with the rules of the procedure of the territory where the award is relied upon provided that the said award has been made in a territory of one of the High Contracting Parties to which the present Convention applies and between persons who are subject to the jurisdiction of one of the High Contracting Parties.

 

(2) To obtain such recognition or enforcement it shall further be necessary -

 

(a) that the award has been made in pursuance of a submission to arbitration which is valid under the law applicable thereto;

 

(b) that the subject-matter of the award is capable of settlement by arbitration under the law of the country in which the award is sought to be relied upon;

 

(c) that the award has been made by the arbitral tribunal provided for in the submission to arbitration or constituted in the manner agreed upon by the parties and in conformity with the law governing the arbitration procedure;

 

(d) that the award has become final in the country in which it has been made in the sense that it will not be considered as such if it is open to opposition appeal or pourvoi en cassation (in the countries where such forms of procedure exist) or if it is proved that any proceedings for the purpose of contesting the validity of the award are pending;

 

(e) that the recognition of enforcement of the award is not contrary to the public policy or to he principles of the law of the country in which it is sought to be relied upon.

 

Article 2 

 

Even if the conditions laid down in Article 1 hereof are fulfilled recognition and enforcement of the award shall be refused if the court is satisfied -

 

(a) that the award has been annulled in the country in which it was made;

 

(b) that the party against whom it is sought to use the award was not given notice of the arbitration proceedings in sufficient time to enable him to present his case; or that being under a legal incapacity he was not properly represented;

 

(c) that the award does not deal with the differences contemplated by or falling within the terms of the submission to arbitration or that it contains decisions on matters beyond the scope of the submission to arbitration.

 

If the award has not covered all the questions submitted to the arbitral tribunal the competent authority of the country where recognition or enforcement of the award is sought can if it thinks fit postpone such recognition or enforcement or grant it subject to such guarantee as that authority may decide.

 

Article 3 

 

If the party against whom the award has been made proves that under the law governing the arbitration procedure there is a ground other than the grounds referred to in Article 1(a) and (c) and Article 2(b) and (c) entitling him to contest the validity of the award in a court of law the court may if it thinks fit either refuse recognition or enforcement of the award or adjourn the consideration thereof giving such party a reasonable time within which to have the award annulled by the competent tribunal.

 

Article 4 

 

The party relying upon an award or claiming its enforcement must supply in particular :

 

(1) the original award or a copy thereof duly authenticated according to requirements of the law of the country in which it was made;

 

(2) documentary or other evidence to prove that the award has become final in the sense defined in Article 1(d) in the country in which it was made;

 

(3) when necessary documentary or other evidence to prove that the conditions laid down in Article 1 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2)(a) and (c) have been fulfilled.

 

A translation of the award and of the other documents mentioned in this Article into the official language of the country where the award is sought to be relied upon may be demanded. Such translations must be certified correct by a diplomatic or consular agent of the country to which the party who seeks to rely upon the award belongs or by a sworn translator of the country where the award is sought to be relied upon.

 

Article 5 

 

The provisions of the above Articles shall not deprive any interested party of the right of availing himself of an arbitral award in the manner and to the extent allowed by the law or the treaties of the country where such award is sought to be relied upon.

 

Article 6 

 

The present Convention applies only to arbitral awards made after the coming into force of the Protocol on Arbitration Clauses opened at Geneva on September 24th 1923.

 

Article 7 

 

The present Convention which will remain open to the signature of all the signatories of the Protocol of 1923 on Arbitration Clauses shall be ratified.

 

It may be ratified only on behalf of those Members of the League of Nations and Non-Member States on whose behalf the Protocol of 1923 shall have been ratified.

 

Ratification shall be deposited as soon as possible with the Secretary-General of the League of Nations who will notify such deposit to all the signatories.

 

Article 8 

 

The present Convention shall come into force three months after it shall have been ratified on behalf of two High Contracting parties. Thereafter it shall take effect in the case of each High Contracting Party three months after the deposit of the ratification on its behalf with the Secretary-General of the League of Nations.

 

Article 9 

 

The present Convention may be denounced on behalf of any Member of the League or Non-Member State. Denunciation shall be notified in writing to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations who will immediately send a copy thereof certified to be in conformity with the notifications to all the other Contracting Parties at the same time informing them of the date on which he received it.

 

The denunciation shall come into force only in respect of the High Contracting Party which shall have notified it and one year after such notification shall have reached the Secretary-General of the League of Nations.

 

The denunciation of the Protocol on Arbitration Clauses shall entail ipso facto the denunciation of the present Convention.

 

Article 10 

 

The present Convention does not apply to the colonies protectorates or territories under suzerainty or mandate of any High Contracting Party unless they are specially mentioned.

 

The application of this Convention to one or more of such colonies protectorates or territories to which the Protocol on Arbitration Clauses opened at Geneva on September 24th 1923 applies can be effected at any time by means of a declaration addressed to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations by one of the High Contracting Parties.

 

Such declaration shall take effect three months after the deposit thereof.

 

The High Contracting Parties can at any time denounce the Convention for all or any of the colonies protectorates or territories referred to above. Article 9 hereof applied to such denunciation.

 

Article 11 

 

A certified copy of the present Convention shall be transmitted by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations to every Member of the League of Nations and to every Non-Member State which signs the same.

 

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