law: The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
  1. Short title.
  
  extent and commencement.
  1.  
  
    This
  
  Act may be called the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
  2.  
  
    It
  
  extends to the whole of India: Provided that Parts I, III and IV shall extend
  
  to the State of Jammu and Kashmir only in so far as they relate to
  
  international commercial arbitration or, as the case may be, international
  
  commercial conciliation. Explanation.-In this sub-section, the expression
  
  'international commercial conciliation" shall have the same meaning as the
  
  expression "international commercial arbitration" in clause (f) of
  
  sub-section (1) of section 2, subject to the modification that for the word
  
  'arbitration" occurring therein, the word "conciliation" shall
  
  be substituted.
  3.  
  
    It
  
  shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.