Act Number: 26

Act Name: The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

Year: 1996

Enactment Date: 1996-08-16

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to domestic arbitration, international commercial arbitration and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards as also to define the law relating to conciliation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Legal Affairs

Section 62: Commencement of conciliation proceedings.
    (1) The party initiating conciliation shall send to the other party a written invitation to conciliate under this Part, briefly identifying the subject of the dispute.
     (2) Conciliation proceedings, shall commence when the other party accepts in writing the invitation to conciliate.
     (3) If the other party rejects the invitation, there will be no conciliation proceedings.
     (4) If the party initiating conciliation does not receive a reply within thirty days from the date on which he sends the invitation, or within such other period of time as specified in the invitation, he may elect to treat this as a rejection of the invitation to conciliate and if he so elects, he shall inform in writing the other party accordingly.
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