India Recognizes Mauritius as a New York Convention State in its Official Gazette

India Recognizes Mauritius as a New York Convention State in its Official Gazette

On 13 July 2015, the Ministry of Law and Justice (Department of Legal Affairs) of India declared, via an official notification in India’s Official Gazette, that it recognizes the Republic of Mauritius to be a territory to which the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York Convention) applies, for the purpose of the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards.

The Official Gazette of India states as follows:

S.O. 1881(E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of Section 44 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (26 of 1996), the Central Government, being satisfied that reciprocal provisions have been made, hereby declares the Republic of Mauritius to be a territory to which the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, set forth in the First Schedule to the said Act, applies for the purpose of any award of the nature referred to in that section on or after the 11th day of October, 1960.”

Source: Official Gazette of India, Issue Date 13 July 2015 available at http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2015/164985.pdf

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