California Code ARTICLE 1 - Competence of an Arbitral Tribunal to Rule on its Jurisdiction Section 1297.165.
1297.165. The arbitral tribunal may rule on a plea referred to in Sections 1297.162 and 1297.163 either as a preliminary question or in an award on the merits.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 23, Sec. 1. Effective March 7, 1988.)