Section 17, The Arbitration Act, 2022

(1) When a person is approached in connection with hispossible appointment as an arbitrator, he shall disclose any circumstances likely to give rise to justifiable doubts as to his impartiality or independence. (2) An arbitrator shall, from the time of his appointment and throughout the arbitral proceedings, without delay, disclose any such circumstances to the parties unless they have already been informed of them by him. (3) An arbitrator may be challenged only if the circumstances exist that give rise to justifiable doubts as to his impartiality or independence, or if he does not possess qualifications agreed to by the parties. (4) A party may challenge an arbitrator it appointed or in whose appointment it has participated, only for reasons of which it becomes aware after the appointment has been made.