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(1) An arbitral award may subject to this Act be set aside on an application by a party to the arbitration.

(2) The application shall be made to the High Court and the award may be set aside by the Court only where the applicant satisfies the Court that

(a) a party to the arbitration was under some disability or incapacity;

(b) the law applicable to the arbitration agreement is not valid;

(c) the applicant was not given notice of the appointment of the arbitrator or of the proceedings or was unable to present the applicant’s case;

(d) the award deals with a dispute not within the scope of the arbitration agreement or outside the agreement except that the Court shall not set aside any part of the award that falls within the agreement;

(e) there has been failure to conform to the agreed procedure by the parties;

(f) the arbitrator has an interest in the subject matter of arbitration which the arbitrator failed to disclose.

(3) The Court shall set aside an arbitral award where it finds that the subject-matter of the dispute is incapable of being settled by arbitration or the arbitral award was induced by fraud or corruption.

(4) An application to set aside an award may not be made after three months from the date on which the applicant received the award unless the Court for justifiable cause orders otherwise.

(5) On hearing the applicant, the Court may make an order as is just in the circumstances of the case.

(6) An appeal from the Court lies to the Court of Appeal.