Section 87, Cap 196

The Arbitration Ordinance shall apply to every arbitration under this Ordinance with the following modificationsand additions- (a) Unless the parties shall otherwise agree in writing, the reference shall be to two arbitrators, one to be appointed by each_ side, and the arbitrators may, if necessary, appoint an umpire. (b) When requested by a native of Sierra Leone, being one of the parties to an arbitration, the Governor may appoint an arbitrator on behalf of such native, and in such case may fix the fee which shall be paid to the arbitrator, or, when the arbitrator is a person in the service of the Government, to the Government for the services of the arbitrator.