11. The Court may also, on such application, make such order as it thinks just, respecting the costs of the
arbitration, if any question arises about such costs or their amount, and the award contains no sufficient provision
concerning them.
12. In any of the following cases, the Court shall have power to remit the award, or any of the matters referred to
arbitration, for reconsideration by the arbitrators or umpire, upon such terms as it thinks proper if(a) the award has left undetermined some of the matters referred to arbitration;
(b) it has determined matters not referred to arbitration;
(c) the award is so indefinite as to be incapable of execution;
(d) an objection to the legality of the award is apparent upon the face of the award.
13. (1) No award shall be liable to be set aside except on the ground of perverseness or misconduct of the
arbitrators or umpire.
(2) Any application to set aside an award shall be made within fifteen days after the publication thereof.
Filing award: effect of.
14. If no application is made to set aside the award, or to remit it or any of the matters referred, for
reconsideration or if the Court has refused any such application, either party may file the award in Court, and the
award shall thereupon have the same force and effect for all purposes as a judgment.
Order 20
Reference to Referees
1. (1) In any case in which a matter is referred to a referee under the provisions of the applicable High Court
Law, the Court shall furnish the referee with such part of the proceedings and such information and instructions
detailed as may appear necessary for his guidance, and shall direct the parties, if necessary, to attend upon the
referee during the inquiry.
(2) The instructions shall specify whether the referee is merely to transmit the proceedings which may hold on
the inquiry, or also to report his own opinion on the point referred for his investigation.
2. The Court may at any stage of the proceedings direct any such necessary inquiries or accounts to be made or
taken notwithstanding that it may appear that there is some special or further relief sought for or some special
issue to be tried, as to which it may be proper that the cause or matter should proceed in the ordinary manner.
3. (1) The referee may, subject to the order of the Court, hold the inquiry at, or adjourn it to, any place which he
thinks most expedient, and have any inspection or view which he thinks expedient, for the disposal of the
controversy before him.
(2) He shall, as far as practicable, proceed with the inquiry from day to day.
4. Subject to any order to be made by the Court ordering the inquiry, evidence shall be taken at any inquiry
before a referee and the attendance of witnesses to give evidence before a referee may be enforced by the Court
in the same manner as such attendance may be enforced before the Court; and every such inquiry shall be
conducted in the same manner as nearly as circumstances will admit in trials before a Judge of the Court, but not
as to make the tribunal of the referee a public court of justice.
5. Subject to any order of Court, the referee shall have the same authority in the conduct of any inquiry as Judge
of the Court when presiding at any trial.
6. Nothing contained in these provisions shall authorise any referee to commit any person to prison or to enforce
any order by attachment or otherwise, but the Court may, in respect of matters before a referee, make any order
of attachment or committal it considers necessary.