(1) The party applying for the enforcement of a foreign award shall, at the time of the application, produce before the court—
(a) the original award or a copy thereof, duly authenticated in the manner required by the law of the country in which it was made;
(b) the original agreement for arbitration or a duly certified copy thereof; and
(c) such evidence as may be necessary to prove that the award is a foreign award.
(2) If the award or agreement to be produced under sub-section (1) is in a foreign language, the party seeking to enforce the award shall produce a translation into English certified as correct by a diplomatic or consular agent of the country to which that party belongs or certified as correct in such other manner as may be sufficient according to the law in force in India.
Explanation.— In this section and in the sections following in this Chapter, "Court" means the High Court having original jurisdiction to decide the questions forming the subject-matter of the arbitral award if the same had been the subject-matter of a suit on its ordinary original civil jurisdiction and in other cases, in the High Court having jurisdiction to hear appeals from decrees of courts subordinate to that High Court.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 47
Section 47 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 specifies the mandatory documentary evidence that a party applying for the enforcement of a foreign award under the New York Convention must produce before the High Court.
When filing a petition for enforcement of a New York Convention foreign award, file directly before the High Court within whose jurisdiction the judgment-debtor holds bank accounts or assets, annexing apostilled/consular certified copies and official English translations.