law: Arbitration Act 1940
  Section 39
  Lien on Arbitral Award and Deposits as to Costs
  (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section
  
  (2) and to any provision to the contrary in the arbitration agreement, the arbitral
  
  tribunal shall have a lien on the arbitral award for any unpaid costs of the
  
  arbitration.
  (2) If in any case an arbitral tribunal
  
  refuses to deliver its award except on payment of the costs demanded by it, the
  
  Court may, on an application in this behalf, order that the arbitral tribunal
  
  shall deliver the arbitral award to the applicant on payment into Court by the
  
  applicant of the costs demanded, and shall, after such inquiry, if any, as it
  
  thinks fit, further order that out of the money so paid into Court there shall
  
  be paid to the arbitral tribunal by way of costs such sum as the Court may
  
  consider reasonable and that the balance of the money, if any, shall be
  
  refunded to the applicant.
  (3) An application under sub-section (2) may
  
  be made by any party unless the fees demanded have been fixed by written
  
  agreement between him and the arbitral tribunal, and the arbitral tribunal
  
  shall be entitled to appear and be heard on any such application.
  (4) The Court may make such orders as it
  
  thinks fit respecting the costs of the arbitration where any question arises
  
  respecting such costs and the arbitral award contains no sufficient provision
  
  concerning them.