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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.- 4. Application for constitution of a Conciliation court.---- (1) Where a case is, under this Act referable to conciliation, any party to the dispute may, in the prescribed manner, and on payment of the prescribed fee, apply to the Chairman of the Union Council concerned for the constitution of a Conciliation Court for the settlement of a dispute, and unless the Chairman, for reasons to be recorded in writing rejects the application, he shall proceed to constitute, in the prescribed manner, a Conciliation Court, for the purpose Provided that no application under this Section shall be made against a person of unsound mind. (2) Any person aggrieved by an order of rejection under sub-section (1) may, on the ground that the order is mala-fide or substantially unjust, prefer, in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed time, an application for revision to the appellate Authority, or to, such other authority as may be prescribed.