law: The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
  CHAPTER II
  
  Arbitration agreement
  7. Arbitration
  
  agreement.
  1.  
  
    In
  
  this Part, 'arbitration agreement' means an agreement by the parties to submit
  
  to arbitration all or certain disputes which have arisen or which may arise
  
  between them in respect of a defined legal relationship, whether contractual or
  
  not.
  2.  
  
    An
  
  arbitration agreement may be in the form of an arbitration clause in a contract
  
  or in the form of a separate agreement.
  3.  
  
    An
  
  arbitration agreement shall be in writing.
  4.  
  
    An
  
  arbitration agreement is in writing if it is contained in-
  a.   a document signed by
  
  the parties;
  b.   an exchange of
  
  letters, telex, telegrams or other means of telecommunication which provide a
  
  record of the agreement; or
  c.   an exchange of
  
  statements of claim and defence in which the existence of the agreement is
  
  alleged by one party and not denied by the other.
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  5.  
  
    The
  
  reference in a contract to a document containing an arbitration clause
  
  constitutes an arbitration agreement if the contract is in writing and the
  
  reference is such as to make that arbitration clause part of the contract.