In section 28 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), for Exception 1 and Exception 2, the
following shall be substituted, namely: —
“Exception 1.—Saving of contract to refer to arbitration or mediation dispute that may
arise.—This section shall not render illegal a contract, by which two or more persons agree that any
dispute which may arise between them in respect of any subject or class of subjects shall be referred to
resolution through arbitration or mediation.
Exception 2.—Saving of contract to refer questions that have already arisen.—Nor shall this
section render illegal any contract in writing, by which two or more persons agree to refer to
arbitration or mediation any question between them which has already arisen, or affect any provision
of any law in force for the time being as to references to arbitration or mediation.”.