law: Arbitration Act 1940
  Section 54
  Power of Judicial Authority to refer Parties to Arbitration
  Notwithstanding anything contained in Part I
  
  or in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, a judicial authority, on being seized
  
  of a dispute regarding a contract made between persons to whom section 53
  
  applies and including an arbitration agreement, whether referring to present or
  
  future differences, which is valid under that section and capable of being
  
  carried into effect, shall refer the parties on the application of either of
  
  them or any person claiming through or under him to the decision of the arbitrators
  
  and such reference shall not prejudice the competence of the judicial authority
  
  in case the agreement or the arbitration cannot proceed or becomes inoperative.