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Arbitration Act (No. 11 of 1995) - Sect 28

Interest

28. Unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties where an arbitral tribunal makes an award for the payment of money ( whether on a claim for a liquidated or unliquidated amount), the arbitral tribunal may in the award, order interest, at the rate agreed upon between the parties in the arbitration agreement or in the absence of any such agreement, at the legal interest prevailing at the time of making the arbitral award, to be paid on the principal sum awarded, from the date of commencement of arbitral proceedings to the date of the award, in addition to any interest awarded on such principal sum for any period prior to the institution of arbitral proceedings, with further interest at the aforesaid rate on the aggregate sum so awarded from the date of the award to the date of payment or such earlier date as the arbitral tribunal thinks fit.


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