Section 27, The Tonkolili Agreement Ordinance

Any dispute between the Government and the Company in regardto the matters mentioned in Clauses 3 (g), 5, 10 (a) and 21 of this Agreement and Clause 9 (d) of the Second Schedule hereto shall be referred to the sole arbitration of an Engineer of standing to be nominated by the President for the time being of the Institution of Civil Engineers and submissions to such an arbitrator in the :first instance shall be in writing. The fees payable to such arbitrator together with the expenses incurred by him in visiting Sierra Leone should he deem personal inspection essential to enable him to reach a decision and the other costs of the arbitration shall be borne by the party whose submission to the Arbitrator differs most widely from the Arbitrator's decision and the Arbitrator shall himself state in his award by which party the cost shall be borne. The decision of an Arbitrator under this paragraph shall be :final and binding on the parties hereto.