1. The provisions of the present Law shall not prejudice any agreement between the Agent and the Principal to refer any dispute which may arise between them to arbitration. 2. The above-mentioned arbitration shall take place inside the State, unless the parties agree otherwise. 3. If the Agent or the Principal resorts to arbitration after the issuance of the Committee's decision within the challenge period prescribed in Article (24) of the present Law, the decision issued by the Committee in this regard shall neither have any effect nor entail any consequences. 4. As an exception to the provision of Article (31) of the present Law, the provision of Clause (1) of this Article shall not apply to Commercial Agency contracts in respect of which a dispute arises and is being heard before the Committee or the competent courts before the publication of the present Law in the Official Gazette.
Interpretation and application must be checked against the official text and current version.