IAC Rules 10.7 give 'seven days' to apply to the AIFC Court on a rejected challenge; Arbitration Regulations 22(3), which parties cannot cut, give thirty

IAC Rules 10.7: a decision rejecting a challenge is "without prejudice to any right a party may have to apply within seven days to the AIFC Court under the Arbitration Regulations, Article 22(3)". Article 22(3) of the Arbitration Regulations gives the challenging party "thirty days after having received notice of the decision rejecting the challenge", and Article 22(1) makes any procedure agreed by the parties subject to paragraph (3). The AIFC Court Rules (rule 27.28) also fix 30 days for this application. Because rule 10.7 is "without prejudice to any right", the 30 days are not cut, but the Rules state the wrong period. The unofficial Russian translation also says "в течение семи дней" (within seven days).

Proposed correction

Please replace "within seven days" with "within thirty days after having received notice of the decision" in Article 10.7, or refer to Article 22(3) without stating a period.

Jurisdiction

Kazakhstan — AIFC

Act

AIFC International Arbitration Centre Arbitration and Mediation Rules 2022

Place

Article 10.7

Record

Discrepancy

Class

Text of the act

Where it arose

The text of the act

Arxo's conclusion

Confirmed

Official text

Unchanged at last check

Last checked

2026-10-25

Evidence

Contradiction within the text. Quotations are verbatim from the official material; translations are ours and marked.

Any decision of the Tribunal rejecting a challenge shall be without prejudice to any right a party may have to apply within seven days

to the AIFC Court under the Arbitration Regulations, Article 22(3).

the challenging party may request, within thirty days after having received notice of the decision rejecting the challenge, the AIFC Court of First Instance to decide on the challenge

The parties are free to agree on a procedure for challenging an arbitrator, subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of this Article.

An application to challenge an Arbitrator under Article 22(3) of the Arbitration Regulations shall be made within 30 days after receipt of notice of the ruling

How to check it without Arxo's tools

1. Open IAC Arbitration and Mediation Rules 2022, English text and find Article 10.7; Article 10.7 (cont.). Compare the text with the quotation above. A copy is kept in this register: 279a7e21f2ed8b34-iac-arbitration-and-mediation-rules-2022-eng.pdf (SHA-256 279a7e21f2ed8b346383821c4785b5fcee97707cd6ad16b7ebe66884049c2137, copy of the official file).
2. Open AIFC Arbitration Regulations, English text and find Arbitration Regulations Art. 22(3); Arbitration Regulations Art. 22(1). Compare the text with the quotation above. A copy is kept in this register: 9f153a1d7882ce28-aifc-arbitration-regulations-eng.pdf (SHA-256 9f153a1d7882ce287f6bbb7937c4f477eab9f256d408608501e46b17b0cc2d48, copy of the official file).
3. Open AIFC Court Rules 2018, English text and find AIFC Court Rules 2018, r.27.28. Compare the text with the quotation above. A copy is kept in this register: 5a63449bb33df505-aifc-court-rules-2018-eng-1.pdf (SHA-256 5a63449bb33df505991a8660cfd17e33df5165f7a965be64a47e3ce5e6335457, copy of the official file).
4. The finding holds if the quoted passages read as shown and the comparison gives the result stated at the top of this page. If it does not, write to us with the record ID.

How this finding was made

AI agents read the official texts, turned the provisions concerned into executable rules and ran the comparison; they also drafted this record. A person at Arxo checked the finding and approved the report before it was sent (2026-10-27).

Responsible institutions

• AIFC International Arbitration Centre — author of the IAC Arbitration and Mediation Rules

Reported to

Responses

No response recorded.

Documents and reproduction

• IAC Arbitration and Mediation Rules 2022, English text
• AIFC Arbitration Regulations, English text
• AIFC Court Rules 2018, English text

History

1. 2026-10-24Confirmed by Arxo
2. 2026-10-27Entered in the register
3. 2026-10-27Reported to AIFC International Arbitration Centre (e-mail)

Cite this record

Arxo Law, Arxo Findings Register, ARXO-2026-0211, https://arxo.io/findings/ARXO-2026-0211/ (status as of 2026-10-25). Data: ARXO-2026-0211.json.