law: Arbitration Act 1940
  Section 38
  Deposits
  (1) The arbitral tribunal may fix the amount
  
  of the deposit or supplementary deposit, as the case may be, as an advance for
  
  the costs referred to in sub-section (8) of section 31, which it expects will
  
  be incurred in respect of the claim submitted to  it :
  Provided that where, apart from the claim, a
  
  counter-claim has been submitted to the arbitral tribunal, it may fix separate
  
  amount of deposit for the claim and counter-claim.
  (2) The deposit referred to in sub-section (1)
  
  shall be payable in equal shares by the  parties :
  Provided that where one party fails to pay his share
  
  of the deposit, the other party may pay that  share :
  Provided further that where the other party also
  
  does not pay the aforesaid share in respect of the claim or the counter-claim,
  
  the arbitral tribunal may suspend or terminate the arbitral proceedings in
  
  respect of such claim or counter-claim, as the case may be.
  (3) Upon termination of the arbitral
  
  proceedings, the arbitral tribunal shall render an accounting to the parties of
  
  the deposits received and shall return any unexpended balance to the party or
  
  parties, as the case may be.