Section 9, The Arbitration Act, 2022

(1) A Court before which an action is brought in respectof a matter which is the subject of an arbitration agreement shall, where a party makes an application before taking any other step to answer the substantive claim, excluding a procedural steps necessary to acknowledge the proceedings, stay that action and refer the parties to arbitration unless it finds that the arbitration agreement is null and void, inoperative or incapable of being performed. (2) Where an action referred to in subsection (1) has been brought, arbitral proceedings may be commenced or continued and an arbitral award may be made, while the issue is pending before the Court. (3) Where a Court makes an order for stay of proceedings under subsection (1), the Court may, for the purpose of preserving the rights of parties, make such interim or supplementary orders, as may be necessary.