Article 57
An award shall be legally effective on the date it is given.

Chapter V Application for Cancellation of an Award

Article 58
The parties may apply to the intermediate people's court at the place where the arbitration commission is located for cancellation of an award if they provide evidence proving that the award involves one of the following circumstances:
1. there is no arbitration agreement between the parties;
2. the matters of the award are beyond the extent of the arbitration agreement or not within the jurisdiction of the arbitration commission;
3. the composition of the arbitration tribunal or the arbitration procedure is in contrary to the legal procedure;
4. the evidence on which the award is based is falsified;
5. the other party has concealed evidence which is sufficient to affect the impartiality of the award; and
6. the arbitrator(s) has (have) demanded or accepted bribes, committed graft or perverted the law in making the arbitral award. The peoples' court shall rule to cancel the award if the existence of one of the circumstances prescribed in the preceding clause is confirmed by its collegiate bench. The people's court shall rule to cancel the award if it holds that the award is contrary to the social and public interests.

Article 59
If a party applies for cancellation of an award, an application shall be submitted within 6 months after receipt of the award.

Article 60
The people's court shall, within 2 months after receipt of the application for cancellation of an award, render its decision for cancellation of the award or for rejection of the application.

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