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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.- 18. Investigation by Police.---- Nothing in this Act shall prevent Police from investigation of a cognizable case by reason of the fact that the case relates to an offence specified in Section A of Part-I of the Schedule but if any such case is taken to. A criminal court, Court may, if it thinks fit, direct that it be referred to conciliation under this Act.