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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.- 11. Power of Conciliation Court to summon witness etc:------ (1) A Conciliation Court may issue summons to any person to appear and give evidence, or to produce or cause the production of any document: Provided that--- (a) no person who is exempted from personal appearance in Court under sub-section(1) of Section 133 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908), shall be required to appear in person ; (b) a Conciliation Court may refuse to summon a witness when in the opinion of the Court the attendance of the witness cannot be procured without such delay, expense or inconvenience as in the circumstances would be unreasonable; (c) a Conciliation Court shall not require any person living beyond its jurisdiction to give evidence or to produce or cause the production of a document unless such sum of money is deposited for payment to him as the Court would think sufficient for defraying his travelling and other expenses. (2) If any person to whom a Conciliation Court has issued summons to appear and give evidence or to produce or cause the production of any document before it willfully disobeys such summons, the Conciliation Court may take cognizance of such disobedience, and, after giving such person an opportunity to explain, sentence him to a fine not exceeding twenty-five rupees.