PART 3. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE 1063-1822.60›TITLE 9.3. ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL DISPUTES 1297.11-1297.432›CHAPTER 4. Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunals 1297.161-1297.172›ARTICLE 1. Competence of an Arbitral Tribunal to Rule on its Jurisdiction 1297.161-1297.167
§ 1297.161
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
The arbitral tribunal may rule on its own jurisdiction, including ruling on any objections with respect to the existence or validity of the arbitration agreement, and for that purpose, an arbitration clause which forms part of a contract shall be treated as an agreement independent of the other terms of the contract, and a decision by the arbitral tribunal that the contract is null and void shall not entail ipso jure the invalidity of the arbitration clause.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 23, Sec. 1. Effective March 7, 1988.)
Get a plain-English answer with a citation back to this text.
Ask AI about this code