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The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: page 11

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        (e) if satisfied, the court shall pass an order in terms of the settlement;
        (f) if the main petition, in which the reference was made is pending, it shall be disposed of by
    the referral court in terms thereof;
         (g) if the main petition, in which the reference was made stands disposed of, the mediated
    settlement and the matter shall be listed before the referral court, which shall pass orders in
    accordance with clauses (iii), (iv) and (v);
       (h) such a mediated settlement, shall have the same status and effect as an arbitral award and
    may be enforced in the manner specified under section 36 of the Act.
     (3) With respect to reference of a dispute to conciliation, the provisions of Part II of this Act shall
apply as if the conciliation proceedings were initiated by the parties under the relevant provision of
this Act.
     8B. Power of the court, seized of matters under sections 34 or 37 of the Act, to refer the
dispute to Mediation or Conciliation.—(1) If during the pendency of a petition under section 34 or
an appeal under section 37 of the Act, it appears to the court, that there exists elements of a settlement
which may be acceptable to the parties, the court may, with the consent of parties, refer the parties,
for resolution of their disputes, to:–
        (a) mediation; or
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         (b) conciliation.
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      (2) The procedure for reference of a dispute to mediation is as under:-
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          (a) where a dispute has been referred for resolution by recourse to mediation, the procedure
      framed under the Act shall apply;     In
          (b) in case of a successful resolution of the dispute, the Mediator shall immediately forward
      the mediated settlement to the referral court;
          (c) on receipt of the mediated settlement, the referral court shall independently apply its
      judicial mind and record a satisfaction that the mediated settlement is genuine, lawful,
      voluntary, entered into without coercion, undue influence, fraud or misrepresentation and that
      there is no other legal impediment in accepting the same;
           (d) the court shall record a statement on oath of the parties, or their authorized
      representatives, affirming the mediated settlement, a clear undertaking of the parties to abide by
      the terms of the settlement as well as statement to the above effect;
          (e) if satisfied, the court shall pass an order in terms of the settlement;
          (f) if the main petition, in which the reference was made is pending, it shall be disposed of
      by the referral court in terms thereof;
           (g) if the main petition, in which the reference was made stands disposed of, the mediated
      settlement and the matter shall be listed before the referral court, which shall pass orders in
      accordance with clauses (iii), (iv) and (v);
          (h) such a mediated settlement, shall have the status of a modified arbitral award and may
      be enforced in the manner specified under section 36 of the Act.
     (3) With respect to reference of a dispute to conciliation, the provisions of Part III of the Act,
shall apply as if the conciliation proceedings were initiated by the parties under the relevant provision
of this Act.”



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