ARBITRATION ACT - 1961 (ACT 38)

Section - 17 - Time for Making Award

(1) The time, if any, limited for making an award, whether under this Act or otherwise, may be enlarged by order of the Court whether that time has expired or not.

(2) Subject to subsection (1) and to the arbitration agreement, an arbitrator or umpire may make an award at any time.

(3) The Court may, on the application of any party to a reference, remove an arbitrator or umpire who fails to use all reasonable dispatch in entering on and proceeding with the reference and making an award, and an arbitrator or umpire who is removed by the Court under this subsection shall not be entitled to receive any remuneration in respect of his services. For the purposes of this subsection the expression "proceeding with a reference" includes in a case where two arbitrators are unable to agree, giving notice of that fact to the parties and to the umpire.