ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT

Section 22: Power of arbitral tribunal to appoint expert

1988Section 22 of 58Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the arbitral tribunal may-
(a) appoint one or more experts to report to it on a specific issue to be determined by the arbitral tribunal;
(b) require a party to give to the expert any relevant information or to produce or provide access to, any documents, goods or other property for inspection.
(2) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, if a party so requests or if the arbitral tribunal considers it necessary, any expert appointed under subsection (1) of this section shall, after delivering his written or oral report, participate in a hearing where the parties shall have the opportunity of putting questions to him and presenting expert witnesses to testify on their behalf on the points at issue.
(3) The arbitral tribunal shall not decide ex aequo et bono or as amiable compositeur unless the parties have expressly authorised it to do so.
(4) The arbitral tribunal shall decide in accordance with the terms of the contract and shall take account of the usages of the trade application to the transaction.

Cite this section

Section 22, ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT (1988).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/arbitration-and-conciliation-act/section/22/