Section 36 of Arbitration Act CAP 49: Recognition and enforcement of awards

    

(1) A domestic arbitral award, shall be recognized as binding and, upon application in writing to the High Court, shall be enforced subject to this section and section 37.
(2) An international arbitration award shall be recognised as binding and enforced in accordance to the provisions of the New York Convention or any other convention to which Kenya is signatory and relating to arbitral awards.
(3) Unless the High Court otherwise orders, the party relying on an arbitral award or applying for its enforcement must furnish—
(a) the original arbitral award or a duly certified copy of it; and (b) the original arbitration agreement or a duly certified copy of it.
(4) If the arbitral award or arbitration agreement is not made in the English language, the party shall furnish a duly certified translation of it into the English language.
(5) In this section. the expression “New York Convention” means the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in New York on the 10th June, 1958, and acceded to by Kenya on the 10th February, 1989, with a reciprocity reservation.


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