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Arbitration Act, 1965 (Act No. 42 of 1965)

Effect of Arbitration Agreements

7. Power of court to order that dispute be determined by interpleader proceedings or that interpleader issues be determined by arbitration

 

 

(1) The court may order that the dispute between parties to an arbitration agreement be determined by way of interpleader proceedings for the relief of any person desiring so to interplead.

 

(2) Where in any interpleader proceedings it is proved that the claims in question are matters to which an arbitration agreement, to which the claimants are parties, relates, the court may order that the issues between the claimants be determined in accordance with the arbitration agreement.