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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 9. CIVIL PRACTICE · Chapter 9. ARBITRATION · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Part 2. INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION CODE

9-9-50. Rules applicable to disputes.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    The arbitration tribunal shall decide the dispute in accordance with such rules of law as are chosen by the parties as applicable to the substance of the dispute. Any designation of the law or legal system of a given state shall be construed, unless otherwise expressed, as directly referring to the substantive law of that state and not to its conflict of laws rules.#

  2. (b)

    Failing any designation by the parties, the arbitration tribunal shall apply the law determined by the conflict of laws rules which it considers applicable.#

  3. (c)

    The arbitration tribunal shall decide ex aequo et bono or as amiable compositeur only if the parties have expressly authorized it to do so.#

  4. (d)

    In all cases, the arbitration tribunal shall decide in accordance with the terms of the contract and shall take into account the usages of the trade applicable to the transaction.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 9-9-50, enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 961, § 1/SB 383.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

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