APPENDIX 2
Applicable Provisions of Arbitration Act chapter 19 Laws of the Federation of
Nigeria 1990
Section 14: Equal Treatment of Parties
In any arbitral proceedings, the arbitral tribunal shall ensure that the parties are accorded
equal treatment and that each party is given full opportunity of presenting his case.
Section 23: Power of Court to Order attendance of Witness
(1) The court or the Judge may order that a writ of subpoena ad testificandum or of
subpoena duces tecum shall issue to compel the attendance before any arbitral tribunal of
a witness wherever he may be within Nigeria.
(2) The Court or a Judge may also order that a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum
shall issue to bring up a prisoner for examination before any arbitral tribunal.
(3) The provision of any written law relating to the service or execution outside a state of
the Federation of any such subpoena or order for the production of a prisoner issued or
made in civil proceedings by the High Court shall apply in relation to a subpoena or order
issued or made under this section.
Section 31: Recognition and Enforcement of Awards
(1) An arbitral award shall be recognized as binding and subject to this section and
section 32 of this Act, shall, upon application in writing to the court, be enforced by the
court.
(2) The Party relying on an award or applying for its enforcement shall supply:
(a) the duly authenticated original award or a duly certified copy thereof;
(b) the original arbitration agreement or a duly certified copy thereof.
(3) An award may, by leave of the court or a judge, be enforced in the same manner as a
judgement or order to the same effect.