law: The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
  Chapter II Geneva
  
  Convention Awards
  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 panics 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 21 country
  
  in which it was made.