Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
Parliament of India
	Long title An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to domestic arbitration, international commercial arbitration and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards as also to define the law relating to conciliation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. ;
Citation	Act No. 26 of 1996
Territorial extent	whole of India
Enacted by	Parliament of India
Enacted	16 August 1996
Commenced	22 August 1996
Repeals
	Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act, 1937 (6 of 1937); Arbitration Act, 1940 (10 of 1940); Foreign Awards (Recognition and Enforcement) Act, 1961 (45 of 1961); Arbitration and Conciliation (Third) Ordinance, 1996 (Ord.27 of 1996);
Amended by
	Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act 3 of 2016); Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2019 (Act 33 of 2019); Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2021 (Act 3 of 2021);
	Status: In force (amended)

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The Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 is an Act that regulates domestic arbitration in India. It was amended in 2015 and 2019.

The Government of India decided to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 by introducing the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2015 in the Parliament. In an attempt to make arbitration a preferred mode of settlement of commercial disputes and making India a hub of international commercial arbitration, the President of India on 23 October 2015 promulgated an Ordinance (Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015) amending the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, had given its approval for amendments to the Arbitration and Conciliation Bill, 2015