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In the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 2,— (I) in sub-section (1),— (A) for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— ‘(e) “Court” means— (i) in the case of an arbitration other than international commercial arbitration, the principal Civil Court of original Short title and commence- ment. Amendment of section 2. 26 of 1996. jftLVªh lañ Mhñ ,yñ—(,u)04@0007@2003—16 vlk/kkj.k EXTRAORDINARY Hkkx II — [k.M 1 PART II — Section 1 izkf/kdkj ls izdkf'kr PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY lañ 3] ubZ fnYyh] 'kqØ okj] tuojh 1] 2016@ikS"k 11] 1937 ¼'kd½ No. 3] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2016/PAUSHA 11, 1937 (SAKA) bl Hkkx esa fHkUu i`"B la[;k nh tkrh gS ftlls fd ;g vyx ladyu ds :i esa j[kk tk ldsA Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation. REGISTERED NO. DL—(N)04/0007/2003—16 MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 1st January, 2016/Pausha 11, 1937 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 31st December, 2015, and is hereby published for general information:— 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II— jurisdiction in a district, and includes the High Court in exercise of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction, having jurisdiction to decide the questions forming the subject-matter of the arbitration if the same had been the subject-matter of a suit, but does not include any Civil Court of a grade inferior to such principal Civil Court, or any Court of Small Causes; (ii) in the case of international commercial arbitration, the High Court in exercise of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction, having jurisdiction to decide the questions forming the subject-matter of the arbitration if the same had been the subject-matter of a suit, and in other cases, a High Court having jurisdiction to hear appeals from decrees of courts subordinate to that High Court;’; (B) in clause (f ), in sub-clause (iii), the words “a company or” shall be omitted; (II) in sub-section (2), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:— “Provided that subject to an agreement to the contrary, the provisions of sections 9, 27 and clause (a) of sub-section (1) and sub-section (3) of section 37 shall also apply to international commercial arbitration, even if the place of arbitration is outside India, and an arbitral award made or to be made in such place is enforceable and recognised under the provisions of Part II of this Act.”.