law: Arbitration Act 1940
  Section 53
  Interpretation
  In this Chapter "foreign award"
  
  means an arbitral award on differences relating to matters considered as
  
  commercial under the law in force in India made after the 28th day of July,
  
  1924, -
  (a)  in  pursuance of
  
  an agreement for arbitration to which the Protocol set forth in the Second
  
  Schedule applies, and
  (b) between persons of whom one is subject to
  
  the jurisdiction of some one of such Powers as the Central Government, being
  
  satisfied that reciprocal provisions have been made, may, by notification in
  
  the Official Gazette, declare to be parties to the Convention set forth in the
  
  Third Schedule, and of whom the other is subject to the jurisdiction of some
  
  other of the Powers aforesaid, and
  (c) in one of such territories as the Central
  
  Government, being satisfied that reciprocal provisions have been made, may, by
  
  like notification, declare to be territories to which the said Convention
  
  applies, and for the purposes of this Chapter an award shall not be deemed to
  
  be final if any proceedings for the purpose of contesting the validity of the
  
  award are pending in the country in which it was made.