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ARBITRATION
RULES
RÈGLEMENT
D’ARBITRAGE
AMABWIRIZA
Y’UBUKEMURAMPAKA
2012
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ARBITRATION
RULES
RÈGLEMENT
D’ARBITRAGE
AMABWIRIZA
Y’UBUKEMURAMPAKA
2012

Kigali International Arbitration Centre
Table of contents
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS 1
ARTICLE 1: Purpose 1
ARTICLE 2: Kigali International
Arbitration Centre 1
ARTICLE 3: Defi nition of terms 2
ARTICLE 4: Notice, Calculation of
Period of Time 2
CHAPTER 2: COMMENCEMENT OF
ARBITRATION 5
ARTICLE 5: Request for Arbitration 5
ARTICLE 6: Answer to the Request 7
ARTICLE 7: Eff ect of an Arbitration
Agreement 9
ARTICLE 8: Joinder of Additional Parties 12
ARTICLE 9: Claims between Multiple
Parties 13
ARTICLE 10: Multiple Contracts 14
ARTICLE 11: Consolidation of arbitrations 14
CHAPTER 3: ARBITRATORS AND
ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL 16
ARTICLE 12: Number of Arbitrators 16
ARTICLE 13: Appointment of Sole
Arbitrator 17
ARTICLE 14: Appointment of Three
Arbitrators 17
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ARTICLE 15: Multiparty Appointment
of Arbitrators 18
ARTICLE 16: Requirements for Arbitrator 18
ARTICLE 17: Challenges of Arbitrators 19
ARTICLE 18: Notice of Challenge 20
ARTICLE 19: Decision on Challenge 20
ARTICLE 20: Replacement of an Arbitrator 21
ARTICLE 21: Repetition of Hearing in
the Event of the Replacement
of an Arbitrator 22
CHAPTER 4: THE ARBITRAL
PROCEEDINGS 23
ARTICLE 22: Transmission of the File to
the Arbitral Tribunal 23
ARTICLE 23: Seat of Arbitration and
Place of Hearings 23
ARTICLE 24: Party Representative 24
ARTICLE 25: Rules Governing the
Proceedings 24
ARTICLE 26: Language 24
ARTICLE 27: Applicable Law 25
ARTICLE 28: Conduct of proceedings 25
ARTICLE 29: Terms of Reference 26
ARTICLE 30: Submission of Written
Statements and Documents 28
ARTICLE 31: Jurisdiction of the Arbitral
Tribunal 30
ARTICLE 32: Additional Powers of the
Arbitral Tribunal 31
ARTICLE 33: Interim and Emergency
Measures 33
ARTICLE 34: Emergency Arbitrator 33
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ARTICLE 35: Establishment of the Facts
of the Case 35
ARTICLE 36: Hearings 36
ARTICLE 37: Closing of the Proceeding
and date of Submission of
the Draft Award 36
CHAPTER 5: THE AWARD 38
ARTICLE 38: Making of the Award 38
ARTICLE 39: Notifi cation, Deposit and
Enforceability of the Award 39
ARTICLE 40: Correction and Interpretation
of Awards 40
CHAPTER 6: COSTS OF ARBITRATION 41
ARTICLE 41: Advance on costs of
arbitration 41
ARTICLE 42: Decision as to the Costs
of Arbitration 42
ARTICLE 43: Registration fee 44
ARTICLE 44: Centre’s Administrative
Expenses 45
ARTICLE 45: Arbitrators Fees 45
CHAPTER 7: MISCELLANOUS AND
FINAL PROVISIONS 47
ARTICLE 46: Waiver 47
ARTICLE 47: Exclusion of Liability 47
ARTICLE 48: Confi dentiality 48
ARTICLE 49: Retrieval and Destruction
of Documents 49
ARTICLE 50: Repealing provision 49
ARTICLE 51: Commencement 49
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ANNEX 1: ARBITRATION COSTS 51
ANNEX 2: EMERGENCY
ARBITRATOR RULES 54
ARTICLE 1: Application for an
Emergency Arbitrator 54
ARTICLE 2: Appointment of an
Emergency Arbitrator 56
ARTICLE 3: Challenge of an
Emergency Arbitrator 57
ARTICLE 4: Place of the Emergency
Arbitrator Proceedings 58
ARTICLE 5: Proceedings 58
ARTICLE 6: The Order 59
ARTICLE 7: Costs of the Emergency
Arbitrator Proceedings 60
ARTICLE 8: General Rule 61
ANNEX 3: CRITERIA FOR KIAC PANEL
OF DOMESTIC &
INTERNATIONAL
ARBITRATORS 62
Article 1: Criteria for the panel of
domestic arbitrators
minimum standards for
KIAC panel of domestic
arbitrators: 62
ARTICLE 2: Criteria for the panel of
international arbitrators 63
ARTICLE 3: Admission 63
ARTICLE 4: Application fee 64
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ANNEX 4: STANDARD AND
SUGGESTED ARBITRATION
CLAUSE FOR CONTRACTS 65
ARTICLE 1: Future Disputes Arbitration 65
ARTICLE 2: Arbitration without
emergency arbitrator 66
ARTICLE 3: Existing Disputes 66
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