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THE AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR CONCILIATION COURTS ACT, 1986 THE AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR CONCILIATION COURTS ACT, 1986 (ACT XIV OF 1986) [Dated March 9, 1986] AN ACT to make the provisions for the establishment of conciliation courts in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. WHEREAS the Local Government Institutions have been set up and it is expedient to make provisions for the establishment of conciliation courts to enable the people .to settle certain disputes through conciliation, and for matters ancillary thereto: It is hereby enacted as follows.- 2. Definitions.- In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context (a) "Cognizable offence" means a cognizable offence as defined in Section 4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898) as in force in Azad Kashmir; (b) "Conciliation Court" means a Conciliation Court constituted under this Act; (c) "Appellate Authority" means, in the cases of Criminal and Civil nature the District Magistrate and District Judge respectively of the concerned District; (d) "Decree" means a decree as defined in Section 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908) as in force in Azad Kashmir; (e) "District judge" shall include an Additional District Judge, a Subordinate Judge and a Civil Judge; (f) "Government" means the Azad Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir; (g) "Party" shall include any person whose presence as such is considered necessary for a proper decision of the dispute and whom the Conciliation Court adds as party to such dispute; (h) "Union" means an area declared to be a Union under the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Local Government Ordinance, 1979; (i) "Union Council" means a Union Council constituted under the aforesaid Ordinance.