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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.- 17. Transfer of certain cases.---- (1) Where the Appellate Authority is of the opinion that the circumstances of a case relating to a matter falling under Section A of Part-I of the Schedule or under Section A of. Part-II thereof and pending before a Conciliation Court are such that the public interest and the ends of justice demand its trial in Criminal Court, the said Authority may, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, withdraw the same from the Conciliation Court and direct that it be referred to the criminal court for trial and disposal. (2) A Conciliation Court may, if it is of the opinion that in a case relating to a matter as a fore said and pending before it the ends of justice demand a punishment for tile accused forward the case to the criminal count for trial and disposal. (3) The District Judge may, for reasons to be recorded withdraw any civil case from a Conciliation Court and direct that it be referred to a civil court for disposal.