Cap. 7:15
ARBITRATION ACT
Act 6/1996
If the arbitral tribunal considers the request to be justified, it shall make the correction or give
the interpretation within thirty days of receipt of the request. The interpretation shall form part
of the award.
(2) The arbitral tribunal may correct any error of the type referred to in paragraph (1) (a) of
this article on its own initiative within thirty days of the date of the award.
(3) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, a party, with notice to the other party, may
request, within thirty days of receipt of the award, the arbitral tribunal to make an additional
award as to claims presented in the arbitral proceedings but omitted from the award. If the
arbitral tribunal considers the request to be justified, it shall make the additional award within
sixty days.
(4) The arbitral tribunal may extend, if necessary, the period of time within which it shall
make a correction, interpretation or an additional award under paragraph (1) or (3) of this
article.
(5) The provisions of article 31 shall apply to a correction or interpretation of the award or
to an additional award.
CHAPTER VII
RECOURSE AGAINST AWARD
ARTICLE 34
Application for setting aside as exclusive recourse against arbitral award
(1) Recourse to a court against an arbitral award may be made only by an application for
setting aside in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article.
(2) An arbitral award may be set aside by the High Court only if—
(a) the party making the application furnishes proof that—
(i) a party to the arbitration agreement referred to in article 7 was under some
incapacity; or the said agreement is not valid under the law to which the parties
have subjected it or, failing any indication on that question, under the law of
Zimbabwe; or
(ii) the party making the application was not given proper notice of the
appointment of an arbitrator or of the arbitral proceedings or was otherwise
unable to present his case; or
(iii) the award deals with a dispute not contemplated by or not falling within the
terms of the submission to arbitration, or contains decisions on matters beyond
the scope of the submission to arbitration, provided that, if the decisions on
matters submitted to arbitration can be separated from those not so submitted,
only that part of the award which contains decisions on matters not submitted
to arbitration may be set aside; or
[amended by Act 14/2002 with effect from 4th February, 2002 – see s. 47 of Act 14/2002.]
(iv) the composition of the arbitral tribunal or the arbitral procedure was not in
accordance with the agreement of the parties, unless such agreement was in
conflict with a provision of this Model Law from which the parties cannot
derogate, or, failing such agreement, was not in accordance with this Model
Law; or
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