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 81: Admissibility of evidence in other proceedings.
    The parties shall not rely on or introduce as evidence in arbitral or judicial proceedings, whether or not such proceedings relate to the dispute that is the subject of the conciliation proceedings,—
         (a) views expressed or suggestions made by the other party in respect of a possible settlement of the dispute;
         (b) admissions made by the other party in the course of the conciliation proceedings;
         (c) proposals made by the conciliator;
         (d) the fact that the other party had indicated his willingness to accept a proposal for settlement made by the conciliator.
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