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 70: Disclosure of information.
    When the conciliator receives factual information concerning the dispute from a party, he shall disclose the substance of that information to the other party in order that the other party may have the opportunity to present any explanation which he considers appropriate:
     Provided that when a party gives any information to the conciliator subject to a specific condition that it be kept confidential, the conciliator shall not disclose that information to the other party.
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