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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.- 15. Procedure.- (1) Save as otherwise expressly provided by or under this Act the provisions of the Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872)2, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898), and of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 (Act V of 1908) as in force in Azad Kashmir shall not apply to proceedings before any Conciliation Court. (2) Section 8 to 11 of the Oaths Act, 1873 (X of 1873), shall apply to all proceedings before Conciliation Courts.