ARBITRATION ACT - 1961 (ACT 38)

Section - 14 - Power to Court to Appoint an Arbitrator or Umpire

In any of the following cases:-

(a) where an arbitration agreement provides that the reference shall be to a single arbitrator to be appointed by agreement between the parties, and the parties do not, after differences have arisen, agree on the appointment of an arbitrator;

(b) where an arbitration agreement provides that an arbitrator or an umpire is to be appointed by some person other than the parties to the agreement, and in the case of an umpire, other than the arbitrators, and that person does not or cannot appoint the arbitrator or the umpire;

(c) if an appointed arbitrator refuses to act, or is incapable of acting, or dies, and the arbitration agreement does not show that it was intended that the vacancy should not be supplied and the parties do not supply the vacancy;

(d) where the parties or two arbitrators are at liberty to appoint an umpire or third arbitrator and do not appoint him, or where two arbitrators are required to appoint an umpire and do not appoint him;

(e) where an appointed umpire or third arbitrator refuses to act, or is incapable of acting, or dies, and the arbitration agreement does not show that it was intended that the vacancy should not be supplied, and the parties or arbitrators do not supply the vacancy;

any party may serve the other parties, or the arbitrators, as the case may be, with a written notice to appoint or, as the case may be, concur in appointing, an arbitrator, umpire or third arbitrator, and if the appointment is not made within seven clear days after the service of the notice, the Court may, on application by the party who gave the notice, appoint an arbitrator, umpire or third arbitrator who shall have the like powers to act in the reference and make an award as if he had been appointed in the manner provided in the agreement.