(1) The High Court shall enforce a foreign arbitral award if it is satisfied that

(a) the award was made by a competent authority under the laws of the country in which the award was made;

(b) a reciprocal arrangement exists between the Republic of Ghana and the country in which the award was made; or

(c) the award was made under the international Convention specified in the First Schedule to this Act or under any other international convention on arbitration ratified by Parliament; and

(d) the party that seeks to enforce the award has produced

(i) the original award or has produced a copy of the award authenticated in the manner prescribed by the law of the country in which it was made;

(ii) the agreement pursuant to which the award was made or a copy of it duly authenticated in the manner prescribed by the law of the country in which it was made or in any other manner as may be sufficient according to the laws of the Republic of Ghana; and

(e) there is no appeal pending against the award in any court under the law applicable to the arbitration.

(2) A party who seeks to enforce a foreign award and who relies on a document which is not in the English Language, shall produce a certified true translation of that document in English to the Court.

(3) Despite subsection (1) the court shall not enforce a foreign award if

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

(b) the party against whom the award is invoked was not given sufficient notice to enable the party present the party‟s case;

(c) a party, lacking legal capacity, was not properly represented;

(d) the award does not deal with the issues submitted to arbitration; or

(e) the award contains a decision beyond the scope of the matters submitted for arbitration.