Title 9 — Arbitration
Chapter 2 — Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
§ 206. Order to compel arbitration; appointment of arbitrators
Statutory text
A court having jurisdiction under this chapter may direct that arbitration be held in accordance with the agreement at any place therein provided for, whether that place is within or without the United States. Such court may also appoint arbitrators in accordance with the provisions of the agreement.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 91–368 § 1 · 84 Stat. 692
Enacted · 9 U.S.C. § 206
(Added Pub. L. 91–368, § 1, July 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 693.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 91–368, § 1, July 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 693.)
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective upon the entry into force of the Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards with respect to the United States (), see section 4 of Pub. L. 91–368, set out as a note under section 201 of this title.
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 91–368, § 1, , 84 Stat. 693.)