Section 22 Arbitration and Mediation Act

Section 22 Arbitration and Mediation Act 2023 is about Applications for preliminary orders. It is under Part I (Arbitration) of the Act.

(1) Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, a party may, without notice to any other party, make a request to the arbitral tribunal for an interim measure together with an application for a preliminary order directing a party not to frustrate the purpose of the interim measure requested.

(2) The arbitral tribunal may grant a preliminary order, provided it considers that prior disclosure of the request for the interim measure to the party against whom it is directed may frustrate the purpose of the measure.

(4) The conditions defined under section 21(1) of this Act apply to any preliminary order, provided that the harm to be assessed under section 21(1) (a) is the harm likely to result from the order being granted or not.