38. A party may ask for an arbitrator’s recusation by notifying a document stating its reasons to the other party and to the arbitrator within 10 days after becoming aware of the designation or of the cause for recusation.
The arbitrator is required to rule on the recusation request without delay, unless the arbitrator withdraws or, the other party supporting the request, is compelled to withdraw.
If the arbitrator does not recuse himself or herself, a party may, within 10 days after being advised of it, ask the court to rule on the recusation. The arbitrator may nonetheless continue the arbitration proceedings and make an award for so long as the court has not made its ruling.
1598-2023O.C. 1598-2023, s. 38.