Section 62, The Arbitration Act, 2022

(1) An arbitral tribunal may refuse to deliver an award tothe parties except upon full payment of the fees and expenses of the (2) In the event that the fees and expenses of the arbitrators have not been agreed and the arbitral tribunal refuses on that ground to deliver an award, a party to the arbitral proceedings may, upon notice to the other parties and the tribunal, apply to the Court, which may - (a) order the arbitral tribunal to deliver the award on the payment into Court by the applicant of the fees and expenses demanded, or such lesser amount as the Court may specify; (b) by such means and upon such terms as the Court may direct, determine the amount of the fees and expenses properly payable by the parties to the arbitrators; and (c) out of the money paid into Court, order payment to the arbitrators of such fees and expenses as the Court may finds to be properly payable and the balance of the money, if any, shall be paid out to the applicant. (3) An application to the Court under subsection (2) shall not be made unless all available arbitral process for review of the amount of the fees or expenses demanded has been exhausted. (4) Reference in this section to arbitrator include an arbitrator who has ceased to hold office. (5) The leave of the Court is required for an appeal from a decision of the Court under this section. (6) Nothing in this section shall be construed as excluding an application under section 63, where payment has been made to the arbitrators in order to obtain the award. PART XI - CHALLENGING THE AWARD