Arbitration Act (Cap. 387)
Arbitration Act (Cap. 387), article 25
25. (1) A party who intends to challenge an arbitrator, shall
send notice of his challenge within fifteen days after the
appointment of the challenged arbitrator has been notified to t hat
party or within fifteen days after the circumstances mentioned in
article 23 and 24 became known to that party.
(2) The challenge shall be notified to the registrar, to the oth er
party, to the arbitrator who is challenged and to the other mem bers
of the arbitral tribunal. The notification shall be in writing and shall
state the reasons for the challenge.
(3) When an arbitrator has been challenged by one party the
other party may agree to the challenge. The arbitrator may also ,
after the challenge, withdraw from his office. In neither case does
this imply acceptance of the validity of the grounds for the
challenge. In both cases the procedure provided in articles 20 and
21 shall be used in full for the appointment of the substitute
arbitrator even if during the process of appointing the challen ged
arbitrator a party had failed to exercise his right to appoint or to
participate in the appointment.
14 CAP. 387.] ARBITRATION
Non-withdrawal of
challenged
arbitrator.
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