law: Arbitration Act 1940
  Section 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  :
  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.
  vide G.S.R. 375 (E) , dated
  
  22nd August, 1996  .