law: Arbitration Act 1940
  Section 9
  Interim Measures Etc. by Court
  A party may, before, or during arbitral
  
  proceedings or at any time after the making of the arbitral award but before it
  
  is enforced in accordance with section 36, apply to a court -
  (i) for the appointment of a guardian for a
  
  minor or person of unsound mind for the purposes of arbitral proceedings;
  or
  (ii) for an interim measure of protection in
  
  respect of any of the following matters, namely :-
  (a) the preservation,
  
  interim custody or sale of any goods which are the subject-matter of the
  
  arbitration agreement;
  (b) securing the
  
  amount in dispute in the arbitration;
  (c) the detention,
  
  preservation or inspection of any property or thing which is the subject-matter
  
  of the dispute in arbitration, or as to which any question may arise therein and
  
  authorizing for any of the aforesaid purposes any person to enter upon any land
  
  or building in the possession of any part or authorizing any samples to be
  
  taken or any observation to be made, or experiment to be tried, which may be
  
  necessary or expedient for the purpose of obtaining full information or
  
  evidence;
  (d) interim injunction
  
  or the appointment of a receiver;
  (e) such other interim
  
  measure of protection as may appear to the Court to be just and convenient, and
  
  the Court shall have the same power for making orders as it has for the purpose
  
  of, and in relation to, any proceedings before it.